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   Eve

   /ēv/

   

   noun

   • 1. the day or period of time immediately before an event or occasion: "on the eve of her departure he gave her a little parcel" Similar day beforeevening beforenight beforeperiod beforethe run-up toOpposite day after
   • ▪ the evening or day before a religious festival: "the service for Passover eve"
   • ▪ evening: "a bitter winter's eve" Similar eveningnightlate afternoonend of dayclose of daytwilightdusknightfallsunsetsundownliterary:eveneventideevenfallgloamingOpposite morning

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘close of day’): short form of even2.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   • V

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