EVE

Night preceding celebration

Eve is the day or evening before a significant day: Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, the eve of the election.

The word suggests anticipation—something important is about to happen.

By extension, on the eve of means just before any major event: on the eve of war, on the eve of a breakthrough. (Capitalized Eve is the biblical first woman.)

temporal

night before

  • vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
  • sunsetDay yielding to darkness
  • duskDimming after sundown

twilight · anticipation · countdown · preparation · threshold · cusp · brink · verge · lead-up · prelude

biblical

Adam

First created man

  • EdenScriptural original paradise
  • gardenCultivated plant area
  • serpentCunning, limbless reptile

apple · temptation · fall · paradise · Genesis · forbidden fruit · original sin · creation · rib · first woman

holiday

Halloween

October 31st festival

party · gathering · countdown · champagne · fireworks · ball drop · revelry · toast · Hogmanay · merrymaking

name

woman

Adult female human

Evelyn · Evie · Eva · Ava · Hebrew · life · living · mother · girl · daughter

anatomy

eye socket

Cranial cavity for sight organ

  • orbitCurved celestial path
  • browFacial ridge overhead
  • eyelidMovable ocular covering

ocular · facial structure · skull · depression · cavity

Opposites
temporal position relative to event

EVEaftermath

Results following an event

morrow · day after · morning after · wake · sequel

biblical first humans

EVEAdam

First created man

temporal relation to the day itself

EVEday

24-hour period

morning · dawn · daybreak

Phrases
Family

eves, evening, evenings, eventide

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G