eve

Noun

• the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
  • he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
    

• the period immediately before something
  • on the eve of the French Revolution
    

• the day before
  • he always arrives on the eve of her departure
    

• (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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  evening , even , eventide , Eve