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nounthe latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
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noun(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
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nounthe day before
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nounthe period immediately before somethingtype of:
Examples of eve
- "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
- "he always arrives on the eve of her departure"
- "on the eve of the French Revolution"