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