eve
The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
Noun 2 meanings
The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
“She died on the eve of her 100th birthday.”
The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced
“the eve of a scientific discovery”
Etymology
From a variant of the Middle English noun even (itself from Old English ǣfen), with a pre-1200 loss of the terminal '-n', which was mistaken for an inflection. See also the now archaic or poetic even (“evening”), from the same source.
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EVE at a glance
EVE has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (E 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,076 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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