"eve" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /iːv/ Audio: en-us-eve.ogg [US] Forms: eves [plural]
Rhymes: -iːv Etymology: From a variant of the Middle English noun even (itself from Old English ǣfen), with a pre-1200 loss of the terminal '-n', which was mistaken for an inflection. See also the now archaic or poetic even (“evening”), from the same source. In medieval Europe, days were considered to extend from sunset to sunset rather than midnight to midnight, so the night before a holiday was considered part of it, hence its "eve". Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{m|enm|even}} even, {{inh|en|ang|ǣfen}} Old English ǣfen, {{m|en|even||evening}} even (“evening”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} eve (plural eves)
  1. The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve. Translations (day or night before): նախօրյակ (naxōryak) (Armenian), նախօրե (naxōre) (Armenian), ճրագալույց (čragaluycʿ) (note: of Christmas, Epiphany and Easter) (Armenian), qabaq (Azerbaijani), ərəfə (Azerbaijani), навечерие (navečerie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), vigília [feminine] (Catalan), 前夕 (qiánxī) (Chinese Mandarin), 前夜 (qiányè) (Chinese Mandarin), předvečer [masculine] (Czech), vooravond [masculine] (Dutch), vigilie (english: Church) [feminine] (Dutch), antaŭvespero (Esperanto), aatto (Finnish), veille [feminine] (French), vilie [feminine] (Friulian), véspera [feminine] (Galician), Vorabend [masculine] (German), előeste (Hungarian), vigilia [feminine] (Italian), 前夜 (zen'ya) (alt: ぜんや) (Japanese), ueia [feminine] (Ladin), vea [feminine] (Ladin), vëia [feminine] (Ladin), arba (Ladino), vesper [masculine] (Latin), priekšvakars [masculine] (Latvian), vigília [feminine] (Ligurian), ìšvakarės [feminine, plural] (Lithuanian), vigília [feminine] (Lombard), lejliet (Maltese), aften [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ǣfen [masculine] (Old English), vigilia [feminine] (Piedmontese), wigilia [feminine] (Polish), przeddzień [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), véspera [feminine] (Portuguese), ajun [neuter] (Romanian), preziuă [feminine] (Romanian), кану́н (kanún) [masculine] (Russian), предвечерје [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), предвече [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), predvečerje [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), predveče [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), víspera [feminine] (Spanish), vigilia [feminine] (Spanish), afton [common-gender] (Swedish), bisperas (Tagalog), arefe (Turkish), akşam (Turkish), передде́нь (pereddénʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), رات (rāt) [feminine] (Urdu), büsoar (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-eve-en-noun-0Q95HHpf Disambiguation of 'day or night before': 65 6 29
  2. (archaic, poetic) Evening, night. Tags: archaic, poetic Synonyms (evening): een
    Sense id: en-eve-en-noun-pliSYsQx Disambiguation of 'evening': 8 86 5
  3. (figurative) The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Times of day Translations (period of time when something is about to happen): qabaq (Azerbaijani), ərəfə (Azerbaijani), кану́н (kanún) [masculine] (Russian), преддве́рие (preddvérije) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-eve-en-noun-en:prior Disambiguation of Times of day: 32 28 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 3 71 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 7 65 Disambiguation of 'period of time when something is about to happen': 8 2 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eventide, forenight, evening Derived forms: yestereve Related terms: evening, even

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          "sense": "day or night before",
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          "sense": "day or night before",
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          "_dis1": "65 6 29",
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          "sense": "day or night before",
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          "sense": "day or night before",
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          "sense": "day or night before",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "day or night before",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "aften"
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          "code": "ang",
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          "sense": "day or night before",
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          "sense": "day or night before",
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          "_dis1": "65 6 29",
          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "day or night before",
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          "word": "ajun"
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          "_dis1": "65 6 29",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "day or night before",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "preziuă"
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          "_dis1": "65 6 29",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kanún",
          "sense": "day or night before",
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          "word": "кану́н"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "day or night before",
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          "word": "предвечерје"
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          "_dis1": "65 6 29",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "day or night before",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "víspera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 29",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "day or night before",
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          "word": "vigilia"
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          "_dis1": "65 6 29",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "day or night before",
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          "word": "afton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 29",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "day or night before",
          "word": "bisperas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 29",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "day or night before",
          "word": "arefe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 6 29",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "day or night before",
          "word": "akşam"
        },
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          "_dis1": "65 6 29",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pereddénʹ",
          "sense": "day or night before",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "передде́нь"
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          "_dis1": "65 6 29",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "rāt",
          "sense": "day or night before",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "رات"
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          "_dis1": "65 6 29",
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          "sense": "day or night before",
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          "ref": "Mid-19th century, John Clare, Autumn",
          "text": "I love to see the shaking twig / Dance till the shut of eve",
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        {
          "ref": "1896, A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, chapter XXVII, in A Shropshire Lad, lines 42–43",
          "text": "And has she tired of weeping / As she lies down at eve.",
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          "ref": "2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 79",
          "text": "Sitting on the dockside at Oban, watching the to-ing and fro-ing in the harbour on a perfect summer's eve, I reflect on a trip which has taken me through our busiest cities to traverse the country's main lines, as well as explore some of the furthest extremities that were literally out on a limb.",
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          "_dis1": "8 2 90",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "period of time when something is about to happen",
          "word": "qabaq"
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          "_dis1": "8 2 90",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "period of time when something is about to happen",
          "word": "ərəfə"
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          "_dis1": "8 2 90",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "kanún",
          "sense": "period of time when something is about to happen",
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          "_dis1": "8 2 90",
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          "roman": "preddvérije",
          "sense": "period of time when something is about to happen",
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    "Rhymes:English/iːv",
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      "word": "yestereve"
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        "The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve."
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          "ref": "Mid-19th century, John Clare, Autumn",
          "text": "I love to see the shaking twig / Dance till the shut of eve",
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          "ref": "1896, A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, chapter XXVII, in A Shropshire Lad, lines 42–43",
          "text": "And has she tired of weeping / As she lies down at eve.",
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          "ref": "2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 79",
          "text": "Sitting on the dockside at Oban, watching the to-ing and fro-ing in the harbour on a perfect summer's eve, I reflect on a trip which has taken me through our busiest cities to traverse the country's main lines, as well as explore some of the furthest extremities that were literally out on a limb.",
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          "text": "the eve of a scientific discovery",
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        "The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced"
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        "(figurative) The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced"
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      "homophone": "Eve"
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        "US"
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      "sense": "evening",
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    {
      "word": "eventide"
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      "word": "forenight"
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      "word": "evening"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "naxōryak",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "նախօրյակ"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "naxōre",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "նախօրե"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "note": "of Christmas, Epiphany and Easter",
      "roman": "čragaluycʿ",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "ճրագալույց"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "qabaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "ərəfə"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "navečerie",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "навечерие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vigília"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiánxī",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "前夕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiányè",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "前夜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "předvečer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vooravond"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "english": "Church",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vigilie"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "antaŭvespero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "aatto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veille"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vilie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "véspera"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorabend"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "előeste"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vigilia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぜんや",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zen'ya",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "前夜"
    },
    {
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ueia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vea"
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    {
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "vëia"
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    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "arba"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vesper"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "priekšvakars"
    },
    {
      "code": "lij",
      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vigília"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ìšvakarės"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vigília"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "lejliet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aften"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ǣfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vigilia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wigilia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przeddzień"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "véspera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ajun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preziuă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kanún",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кану́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "предвечерје"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "предвече"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "predvečerje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "predveče"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "víspera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vigilia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "afton"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "bisperas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "arefe"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "akşam"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pereddénʹ",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "передде́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "rāt",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "رات"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "day or night before",
      "word": "büsoar"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "period of time when something is about to happen",
      "word": "qabaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "period of time when something is about to happen",
      "word": "ərəfə"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kanún",
      "sense": "period of time when something is about to happen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кану́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preddvérije",
      "sense": "period of time when something is about to happen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "преддве́рие"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eve"
}

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