eve

  • 41eve — [[t]i͟ːv[/t]] eves N COUNT: usu sing, usu the N of n The eve of a particular event or occasion is the day before it, or the period of time just before it. [JOURNALISM] → See also , New Year s Eve ...on the eve of his 27th birthday …

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  • 42Eve —    a female    Especially viewed sexually outside marriage:     ... a local Eve teasing problem. The sexual harassment of women in public places, sometimes quite open, was a problem all over India. (Naipaul, 1990)    You may also see Eve as an… …

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  • 43eve — [iːv] noun on the eve of sth on the day before an important event, or during the period of time just before it[/ex] See: Christmas Eve, New Year s Eve …

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  • 44eve — [[t]iv[/t]] 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 election[/ex] 2) the period preceding any event, crisis, etc.: on the eve of the revolution[/ex] 3)… …

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  • 45Eve — n. 1 the evening or day before a church festival or any date or event (Christmas Eve; the eve of the funeral). 2 the time just before anything (the eve of the election). 3 archaic evening. Etymology: ME, = EVEN(2) …

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  • 46eve — n. 1 the evening or day before a church festival or any date or event (Christmas Eve; the eve of the funeral). 2 the time just before anything (the eve of the election). 3 archaic evening. Etymology: ME, = EVEN(2) …

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  • 47Eve — noun /iːv/ a) According to the Bible and Quran, the first woman and mother of the human race; Adams wife. And Adam called his wifes name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. b) An unspecified primordial woman, from whom many or all… …

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  • 48eve — noun 1) the eve of the election Syn: day before, evening before, night before; period (just) before 2) literary a winter s eve Syn: evening, night; end of day, close of day; twilight, dusk …

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  • 49eve — /iv / (say eev) noun 1. the evening, or often the day, before a Christian church festival, and hence before any date or event: *she stops with terror on the wedding eve and asks: What am I doing, who am I marrying … ? –christina stead, 1944. 2.… …

  • 50Eve —    This name (related to the Hebrew hawwah, meaning a living being ) is given to the first woman, who was the partner ofAdam and the mother of Cain and Abel. Mary is sometimes called the new Eve or the second Eve, since, as Mother of God, she was …

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