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Meaning of "eve" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EVE

Variant of even².
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EVE

eve  [iːv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Eve is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Eve

Eve is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. In Islamic tradition, Eve is known as Adam's wife though she is not specifically named in the Qur'an. According to the creation myth of Abrahamic religions, she is the first woman created by God. Her husband was Adam, from whose rib God created her to be his companion. She succumbs to the serpent's temptation via the suggestion that to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil would improve on the way God had made her, and that she would not die, and she, believing the lie of the serpent rather than the earlier instruction from God, shares the fruit with Adam. As a result, the first humans are expelled from the Garden of Eden and are cursed. Though Eve is not a saint's name, the traditional name day of Adam and Eve has been celebrated on December 24 since the Middle Ages in many European countries such as Germany, Hungary, Scandinavia, Estonia, and Lithuania.

Definition of eve in the English dictionary

The definition of eve in the dictionary is the evening or day before some special event or festival. Other definition of eve is the period immediately before an event.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EVE

evection
evectional
evejar
Evelyn
even
even as
even money
even odds
even out
even so
even up
even-handed
even-handedly
even-handedness
even-steven
even-stevens
even-tempered
evenement

WORDS THAT END LIKE EVE

a cut above
above
achieve
active
Algarve
alive
alternative
archive
arrive
automotive
ave
believe
competitive
comprehensive
cooperative
creative
dove
drive
effective
exclusive

Synonyms and antonyms of eve in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «eve» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of eve
brink · edge · point · threshold · verge · vigil

Translation of «eve» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EVE

Find out the translation of eve to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of eve from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «eve» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

前夕
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

víspera
570 millions of speakers

English

eve
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ईव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عَشِيَّة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

канун
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

véspera
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইভ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

veille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Malam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vorabend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

前夜
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전야
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Eve
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hôm trước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தினத்தன்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पूर्वसंध्येला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Havva
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vigilia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wigilia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

переддень
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ajun
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραμονή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Eva
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

afton
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aften
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of eve

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EVE»

The term «eve» is very widely used and occupies the 5.400 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «eve» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «eve» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eve

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10 QUOTES WITH «EVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word eve.
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Jack Adams
Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was called off on the eve of the attack.
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Sholom Aleichem
To go to the synagogue with one's father on the Passover eve - is there in the world a greater pleasure than that? What is it worth to be dressed in new clothes from head to foot, and to show off before one's friends? Then the prayers themselves - the first Festival evening prayer and blessing.
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Bille August
It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people in a period of transition, with all the unrest that permeates society on the eve of a new century. The big life issues are at stake.
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Delta Burke
Eve wasn't a size 6 and neither am I.
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Kat Edmonson
Growing up, my imagined life as a musician was something along the lines of me lounging in a Learjet en route to a swelling outdoor amphitheatre on a dazzling summer's eve.
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Eliot Engel
On the eve of World War I, an estimated two million Armenians lived in the Ottoman Empire. Well over a million were deported and hundreds of thousands were simply killed.
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Paul Engle
The sharpest memory of our old-fashioned Christmas eve is my mother's hand making sure I was settled in bed.
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Malcolm Fraser
Sorry Day falls on the eve of Reconciliation Week, giving us the chance to ask whether we are making progress in the wider challenge of reconciling Indigenous and other Australians.
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Adam Green
Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do.
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Matthew Henry
Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EVE»

Discover the use of eve in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to eve and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Eve
He promises to protect her, but when soldiers begin hunting them, Eve must choose between true love and her life. In this epic new series, Anna Carey imagines a future that is both beautiful and terrifying.
Anna Carey, 2011
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Epistemology of the Closet: Updated with a New Preface
In her preface to this updated edition Sedgwick places the book both personally and historically, looking specifically at the horror of the first wave of the AIDS epidemic and its influence on the text.
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, 2007
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Eve and Adam: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on ...
A special appendix focuses on race and Genesis 1-3 at the turn of the new millennium.NP The tale told through these texts is a remarkable one of the hold the story of Eve and Adam has had on the western imagination.
Kristen E. Kvam, Linda S. Schearing, Valarie H. Ziegler, 1999
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Adam and Eve After the Pill: Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution
Examines the social changes caused by the sexual revolution and argues that is has produced widespread discontent.
Mary Eberstadt, 2012
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Eve and Adam
A story told from alternating viewpoints by the husband-and-wife team creators of the Animorphs series follows the efforts of a car accident patient who, while recovering in her mother's research facility, is given the task of creating a ...
Michael Grant, Katherine Applegate, 2012
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Riding the Tiger
Esteemed author Eve Bunting brings all her insight, empathy, and storytelling skill to this powerful allegorical tale, set in the streets of an unnamed city and illustrated with striking woodcuts.
Eve Bunting, 2001
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THE LOST BOOKS OF THE BIBLE:
This is a collection of New Testament Apocrypha, including many works were admired and read by the early Christians, but were then excluded from the canonical Bible.
Burl Fargo, JESUS CHRIST, Rutherford H. Platt Jr., 1926
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The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World, Second Edition
This edition, complete with a new foreword, lays claim to The Hidden Face of Eve's status as a classic of modern Arab writing.
Nawal El Saadawi, Sherif Hetata, 2007
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Adam and Eve in Seventeenth-Century Thought
Fascinating account of the biblical story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Philip C. Almond, 2008
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The New Spirit of Capitalism
A century after the publication of Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism, a major new work examines network-based organization, employee autonomy and post-Fordist horizontal work structures.
Luc Boltanski, Eve Chiapello, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term eve is used in the context of the following news items.
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Scott Walker set to revive abortion hard line on eve of presidential …
Before his re-election last year, Governor Scott Walker struck a conciliatory tone on the issue. Now he's behind a bill to ban terminations after ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Eve Hewson: I made dad Bono watch my nude scenes for 'The Knick …
Eve Hewson might have very famous parents in Bono and Ali Hewson, but she's carving out her career on her own. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
Two eve teasers lynched | Business Standard News
The mob caught two of the eve teasers and beat them up mercilessly. One of the eve teasers died on the spot while the other succumbed to his ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
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Ceasefire Violation on the Eve of India-Pakistan Talks, BSF Jawan …
Baramulla: On the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bilateral talks with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan violated ceasefire ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
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Ethiopia frees more imprisoned journalists on the eve of Obama's …
Ethiopia's struggles with press freedom are nothing new; these journalists were protesting in 2006. (AP/Sayyid Azim) ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
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Grandmother Accused Of Leaving Toddler At Independence Eve
Grandmother Accused Of Leaving Toddler At Independence Eve Under Arrest. July 9, 2015 1:44 PM. View Comments. Brenda Lee Gallas, also known as ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
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Dean Hall Reveals Ion is EVE Online Meets Minecraft - MMOsite.com
The EVE Online's approach is letting players take on an actual role in a working space environment, and they can also build incredible things, ... «MMORPG News, Jul 15»
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TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Thursday updates; Summer Fest eve
Good morning! Nothing unusual on the outbound routes from here, so far. One note for Admiral/Alki drivers/riders/pedestrians – we noticed ... «West Seattle Blog, Jul 15»
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HAPPENING NOW: West Seattle Summer Fest Eve in The Junction …
6:39 PM: The barricades are up and people are walking in the street – must be West Seattle Summer Fest Eve in The Junction! The festival ... «West Seattle Blog, Jul 15»
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EXCLUSIVE: DC business still selling synthetic marijuana on eve
Despite this crackdown, FOX 5 went undercover and found some synthetic drugs were still on sale on the eve of the law being made official. «MyFox Washington DC, Jul 15»

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