| NOUN | person | Eve | (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology |
|---|---|---|---|
| time | eve | the day before | |
| time | eve | the period immediately before something | |
| time | eve, evening, even, eventide | the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) |
| Sounds | iy'v | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | achieve ... weave: 34 rhymes with iyv... | |
| Meaning | (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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Old Testament | The collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people |
| Instance of | woman, adult female | An adult female person (as opposed to a man) |
| Spanish | Eva | |
| Catalan | Eva, Eve | |
| Meaning | The day before. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he always arrives on the eve of her departure" | |
| Broader | day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day | Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis |
| Spanish | víspera | |
| Catalan | vigília | |
| Meaning | The period immediately before something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "on the eve of the French Revolution" | |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
| Meaning | 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" | |
| Synonyms | evening, even, eventide | |
| Parts | sunset, sundown | The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon |
| twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle | The time of day immediately following sunset | |
| Narrower | guest night | An evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guests |
| Broader | day, daytime, daylight | The time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside |
| Spanish | anochecer, atardecer, even, noche, tarde | |
| Catalan | capvespre, nit, tarda, vesprada, vespre, vetlla | |
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