Eve

UK: 'eve', 'Eve': /ˈiːv/ US: /iv/ ,(ēv)

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Eve / iːv/ noun

1. the first woman; mother of the human race, fashioned by God from the rib of Adam (Genesis 2:18–25)

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eve /iv/   n. [countable]

1. the evening or the day before an event, esp. a holiday.
2. the evening.

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eve  (ēv), n. 

1. (sometimes cap.) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
   Christmas Eve; the eve of an execution.
2. the period preceding or leading up to any event, crisis, etc.:
   on the eve of the American Revolution.
3. the evening.

• 1200–50; Middle English; variant of even²

Eve  (ēv), n. 

1. Biographical name of the first woman: wife of Adam and progenitor of the human race. Gen. 3:20.
2. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning "life.''

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eve / iːv/ noun

1. the evening or day before some special event or festival
2. the period immediately before an event: on the eve of civil war
3. an archaic word for evening

Etymology: 13th Century: variant of even²