eve

noun

ˈēv How to pronounce eve (audio)
Definition of evenext
as in night
the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness from morn to eve the settlers toiled to eke a living from the harsh land

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Recent Examples of eve On the eve of the law’s enactment, Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores, and the platform temporarily shut down for American users. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2025 Axios chatted with Spector on the eve of the company's anniversary. — Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025 In 1947, on the eve of the United Nations’ vote on the partition of Palestine, Niebuhr and six other prominent American intellectuals wrote a long letter to The New York Times, arguing that a Jewish state in the Middle East would serve American interests. — Shalom Goldman, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025 Ideally, experts said investors on the eve of retirement should shift to more conservative investments to shield their savings from market volatility. — Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for eve
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eve
  1. night
  2. evening
  3. dusk
  4. sunset
Noun
  • Passengers on two Delta flights from Mexico to Atlanta had to spend a night on the tarmac in Alabama due to a confluence of bad weather, crew time limits, and Customs and Border Patrol rules.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) tallied more than 770,000 people experiencing homelessness on a single night, an 18 percent increase from 2023.
    — Julia Mueller, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
Definition of night
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  • But on Thursday evening, a lighter and more carefree set of stylish men hit the royal residence’s grounds — the Italians — to celebrate Brioni’s 80th anniversary and its exclusive 25-piece capsule collection with Mr Porter.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 28 Mar. 2025
  • On Thursday evening, many of the biggest stars on YouTube gathered marketers from companies like Amazon, Disney, Shopify, Uber, and Airbnb to do something new: Unveil a development slate.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of evening
Noun
  • Best Time To See The Full Worm Moon Rise In the wake of the excitement of the total lunar eclipse, don’t overlook the opportunity to view the just-off full moon rise in the east during dusk the following evening.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The deck outside the main living space offers jaw-dropping views, the scenery shifting from the golden glow of sunrise to the soft hues of dusk.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of dusk
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  • Making one last run to a Super Bowl win would be a great way to ride off into the sunset for one of the most productive tight ends in NFL history.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Naturalists in the 19th and 20th centuries documented how pairs of various bird species dutifully toiled together building a nest, protecting the eggs, mutually feeding each other and their offspring, before eventually flying off into the sunset together.
    — Nathan H. Lents, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
Definition of sunset

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