Noun Definition

eve

1.Definition: (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

Category: People

2.Definition: the day before

"He always arrives on the eve of her departure"

Category: General

3.Definition: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

"He enjoyed the evening light across the lake"

Related Noun(s):even, evening, eventide

Category: General

4.Definition: the period immediately before something

"On the eve of the French Revolution"

Category: General