Canadian English Meaning of eve

Christmas Eve

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Definitions and Meaning of eve in English

Wordnet

eve (n)

(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

the day before

the period immediately before something

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

Webster

eve (n.)

Evening.

The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event.

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Christmas Eve

(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

dusk,evening,night,sunset,dark,eventide,twilight,dusk,sunset,twilight

Dawn,dawn,day,daybreak,daylight,morning,morning,sunrise,Aurora,cockcrow

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