eve

[US]/iːv/
[UK]/iːv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the day or evening before a religious festival or holiday, the moment just before a significant event happens.

Phrases & Collocations

Christmas Eve

New Year's Eve

on the eve

Example Sentences

on the eve of a revolution

the eve of war.

on the eve of the great war

Adam and Eve dwelt in paradise.

interviews in a Bombay eve-ninger.

Eve perched on the side of the armchair.

the hilarity of a New Year's Eve celebration

He felt sick on the eve of the race.

Vesperal Liturgy on Christmas Eve morning concluded.

On New Year's eve, every main street was a blaze of light.

On Christmas Eves we go to Grandma's home.

Eve tempted Adam and he fell.

on the eve of her departure he gave her a little parcel.

On New Year's Eve the display of fireworks offers many attractions.

is it any wonder that Christmas Eve has lost its awe?.

The reindeer are ready for the long flight on Christmas Eve, except for Prancer.

Chinese attach great importance to New Year's Eve, not less than calends of the first month of the lunar year.

Being dateless on New Year's Eve is proof positive of a person's social and sexual undesirability.

Fall in love with Anchorwoman or Eve's Enticementis an idol soap opera sweeping Southeast Asia broadcasted in 2000.

Real-world Examples

It's Thursday, February 15th, happy Friday eve.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

As on the banquet's eve it set?

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 5

Or as I like to say, happy Friday eve.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2023 Compilation

It's Friday eve, so let's keep going strong.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2023 Compilation

Happy Thursday or as I like to say, happy Friday eve.

Source: CNN 10 Student English August 2023 Compilation

Good news it's Friday eve and we're going to slay today.

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation October 2022

And New York's Times Square is getting for new year's eve.

Source: AP Listening Collection January 2015

You know, to get us out here alone on new year's eve.

Source: A Charlie Brown New Year Special

I tell you, sold and gone, too. It's Christmas eve, Jim. Please understand.

Source: Beijing Ren'ai Edition Junior High School English Ninth Grade Second Semester

He compared Sheldon to a disposable feminine cleansing product one might use on a summer's eve.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 1

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