Synonyms for eve

Grammar : Noun

Spell : eev

Phonetic Transcription : iv

Définition of eve

Origin : "evening," Old English æfen, with pre-1200 loss of terminal -n (which was mistaken for an inflexion), from Proto-Germanic *æbando- (cf. Old Saxon aband, Old Frisian ewnd, Dutch avond, Old High German aband, German Abend, Old Norse aptann, Danish aften), of uncertain origin. Now superseded in its original sense by evening. Meaning "day before a saint's day or festival" is from late 13c.

noun night before

Example sentences :

We never see Him bring the bud to the eve of blossoming just to wither it.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

He may perhaps be on the eve of starting away by some of the vessels in the port.
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

Such ideas as Paradise, Adam and Eve, and angels, are getting obsolete.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various

Young women on the eve of a vacation were not usually so reasonable.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

At last, on the eve of the happy day, everything was in readiness.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Why, there wasn't any drama in the world 'til Adam and Eve fell!
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

The sin of Adam and Eve involved the ruin of their posterity.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

He never knew how he was going to feel on the eve of battle.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

On the eve of his departure, Almamen sought the king's presence.
Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I was on the eve of my fifteenth birthday, and I was in a state of expectation as to the future of my life.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Antonyms for eve

middle

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