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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
eve /iv/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. the evening or the day before an event, esp. a holiday.
  2. the evening.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
eve  (ēv),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. (sometimes cap.) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:Christmas Eve; the eve of an execution.
  2. the period preceding or leading up to any event, crisis, etc.:on the eve of the American Revolution.
  3. the evening.
  • 1200–50; Middle English; variant of even2

Eve  (ēv),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographicalname of the first woman: wife of Adam and progenitor of the human race. Gen. 3:20.
  2. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning "life.''

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
eve /iːv/ n
  1. the evening or day before some special event or festival
  2. the period immediately before an event: on the eve of civil war
Etymology: 13th Century: variant of even2
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Eve /iːv/ n
  1. the first woman; mother of the human race, fashioned by God from the rib of Adam (Genesis 2:18–25)
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