Dictionary
eve
Pronunciation: (ēv), [key]—
n.
1. (sometimes cap.) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
Christmas Eve; the eve of an execution.
2. the period preceding or leading up to any event, crisis, etc.:
on the eve of the American Revolution.
3. the evening.
Eve
Pronunciation: (ēv), [key]—
n.
1. name of the first woman: wife of Adam and progenitor of the human race. Gen. 3:20.
2. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “life.”
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.