eve
see also: Eve, EVE
Pronunciation
Eve
Pronunciation Proper noun
EVE
Noun
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see also: Eve, EVE
Pronunciation
- IPA: /iːv/
eve (plural eves)
- The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
- (archaic, poetic) Evening, night.
(figurative) The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced - Antonyms: evening, winter
- the eve of a scientific discovery
- (evening) een, eventide, forenight; see also Thesaurus:evening
- French: veille
- German: Vorabend
- Italian: vigilia
- Portuguese: véspera
- Russian: кану́н
- Spanish: víspera, vigilia
Eve
Pronunciation Proper noun
- (Abrahamic religions) The first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 3:20:
- And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
- 1904, Mark Twain, Extracts from Adam's Diary:
- After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 3:20:
- An unspecified primordial woman, from whom many or all people are descended.
- The Seven Daughters of Eve; mitochondrial Eve
- A female given name.
- 1970, L.P.Hartley, My Sister's Keeper, page 113:
- "You were always a cynic," said Edith tolerantly. "I'm sure that Eve will want to have a baby - isn't that why we called her Eve?"
- "Of course not," said Herbert, as if the baby-cult had long been irritating him. "We called her Eve, or Evelyn, after your grandmother, who was going to leave, and did leave us some money."
- 1970, L.P.Hartley, My Sister's Keeper, page 113:
- An unincorporated community in Kentucky, US.
- An unincorporated community in Missouri, US.
- (cryptography) A conventional name for an agent attempting to intercept a message sent by Alice that is intended for Bob.
EVE
Noun
eve (plural eves)
- Abbreviation of endogenous viral element#English|endogenous viral element.
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