eve
[noun]
Synonyms:
- night before, day before, vigil
- brink, edge, point, threshold, verge

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Eve
the first woman, according to the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religions. In the Old Testament of the Bible, Eve lived in the Garden of Eden with Adam, the first man, and persuaded him to eat a fruit which God had forbidden them to eat. ⇒ Fall, the

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eve /iːv/ noun
[Date: 1100-1200; Origin: even 'evening' (11-21 centuries), from Old English æfen; ⇒ evening]

1. [countable usually singular] the night or day before an important day
eve of
on the eve of the election
We’re arriving on Christmas Eve.
a New Year’s Eve party

2. [countable] literary evening:
one summer’s eve

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eve
noun
ADJ. Christmas, Midsummer's, New Year's
PREP. on the ~ of opinion polls published on the eve of the election

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eve
i:v
See: on the eve of

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