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What does eve mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word eve? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
  2. (archaic, poetic) Evening, night.
  3. (figuratively) The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced.
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Kinsey's first major work on sexuality appeared during the first years of the Cold War, on the eve of the McCarthyite witch-hunts.
Tomm was a bit ratty on Christmas eve but he seems fine, just a bit sniffly at the moment.
On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars.
For, on the eve of the tournament, it looked as though Delhi-based Parimarjan Negi would run away with the title.
The club also questioned the fact that the controversy had come to light on the eve of a key match against champions AC Milan today.
On the eve of the lunar New Year, all members of the family sit cross-legged in the center of the ger or yurt and begin their dinner at midnight.

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