EVE as NOUN

  1. 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

    Hypernyms(s) Eve is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • the day before

    Usage Example(s)
    • he always arrives on the eve of her departure

    Hypernyms(s) eve is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

    Synonym(s)
    Usage Example(s)
    • he enjoyed the evening light across the lake

    Hypernyms(s) eve is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    Hyponym(s)
  4. Meaning
    • the period immediately before something

    Usage Example(s)
    • on the eve of the French Revolution

    Hypernyms(s) eve is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower