noun
                                                (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the day before
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - he always arrives on the eve of her departure
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the period immediately before something
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - on the eve of the French Revolution
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - he enjoyed the evening light across the lake