Eve Definition

ēv

noun

The evening or day before a holiday.

Christmas Eve.

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Evening.

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The period immediately before some event.

On the eve of victory.

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The first woman, Adam's wife: Gen. 3:20

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The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.

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pronoun

(Abrahamic religions) The first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife.

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A female given name.

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An unspecified primordial woman, from whom many or all people are descended.

The Seven Daughters of Eve; mitochondrial Eve.

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(cryptography) A conventional name for an agent attempting to intercept a message sent by Alice that is intended for Bob.

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verb

To come before something, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.

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Other Word Forms of Eve

Singular:

eve

Plural:

eves

From a variant of the Middle English noun even (itself from Old English ǣfen), with a pre-1200 loss of the terminal '-n', which was mistaken for an inflection. See also the now archaic or poetic even (“evening”), from the same source.

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Late Latin Ēva, Hēva from Hebrew ḥawwâ living, life from ḥāyâ to live ḥyw in Semitic roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek Εὔα (Εua), from Classical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwah).

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Middle English variant of even even²

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A pun on eavesdropper.

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