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eve
CEFRB2
/iːv/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
The day or evening before an important event.
- 02
noun
Extra detailEvening, night.
Examples
He was very anxious on the eve of the exam.
It looked as if we were on the eve of a revolution.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 4
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 3
- Synonyms
- 1
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsThe period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced
The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
More examples
In contextPeter and Eve make a handsome couple.
She died on the eve of her 100th birthday.
on a cold winter's eve.
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Origin
noun
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. In medieval Europe, days were considered to extend from sunset to sunset rather than midnight to midnight, so the night before a holiday was considered part of it, hence its "eve".