DICTOMETER

EVE

(eve, víspera, høytidsaften)

1. Synonyms:
   • Eve
   Definitions:
   • (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. Synonyms:
   • Eve
   Definitions:
   • the day before
   Examples:
   • He always arrives on the eve of her departure
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Eve
   Definitions:
   • the period immediately before something
   Examples:
   • On the eve of the French Revolution
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Evening
   • Eve
   • Even
   • Eventide
   Definitions:
   • the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
   Examples:
   • He enjoyed the evening light across the lake