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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. (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;

2. the day before;
- Example: "he always arrives on the eve of her departure"

3. the period immediately before something;
- Example: "on the eve of the French Revolution"

4. the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall);
- Example: "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
[syn: evening, eve, even, eventide]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Eve \Eve\ ([=e]v), n. [See Even, n.] 1. Evening. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze. --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 2. The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset, not at midnight; as, Christmas eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event. "On the eve of death." --Keble. [1913 Webster] Eve churr (Zo["o]l.), the European goatsucker or nightjar; -- called also night churr, and churr owl. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Eve n 1: (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 2: the day before; "he always arrives on the eve of her departure" 3: the period immediately before something; "on the eve of the French Revolution" 4: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" [syn: evening, eve, even, eventide]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

Extensible VAX Editor EVE (EVE) A DEC product implemented using DEC's Text Processing Utility (TPU). [Details?] (2000-05-08)