eve
/iv/
noun
- The day or period of time immediately before an event.
- The city was quiet on the eve of the holiday.
- On the eve of the election, the candidates made their final speeches.
- We had a big dinner on the eve of the wedding.
- The evening or day before a religious festival or holiday.
- Children hang stockings on Christmas Eve.
- We always have a special meal on New Year's Eve.
- The church held a midnight service on Easter Eve.
- A female given name.
- The character Eve appears in the story of Adam and Eve.
- Eve is my best friend from elementary school.
- Eve decided to study biology in college.
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