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  • 101eve — /eev/, 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… …

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  • 102eve — [[t]iv[/t]] 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 election[/ex] 2) the period preceding any event, crisis, etc.: on the eve of the revolution[/ex] 3)… …

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  • 103Eve — n. 1 the evening or day before a church festival or any date or event (Christmas Eve; the eve of the funeral). 2 the time just before anything (the eve of the election). 3 archaic evening. Etymology: ME, = EVEN(2) …

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  • 104eve — n. 1 the evening or day before a church festival or any date or event (Christmas Eve; the eve of the funeral). 2 the time just before anything (the eve of the election). 3 archaic evening. Etymology: ME, = EVEN(2) …

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  • 105The Man Who Grew Young — Infobox Book | name = The Man Who Grew Young title orig = translator = image caption = author = Daniel Quinn cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Graphic novel publisher = release date = 2001 media type =… …

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  • 106eve — [[t]i͟ːv[/t]] eves N COUNT: usu sing, usu the N of n The eve of a particular event or occasion is the day before it, or the period of time just before it. [JOURNALISM] → See also , New Year s Eve ...on the eve of his 27th birthday …

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  • 107eve — [iːv] noun on the eve of sth on the day before an important event, or during the period of time just before it[/ex] See: Christmas Eve, New Year s Eve …

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  • 108eve — UK [iːv] / US [ɪv] noun [countable] Word forms eve : singular eve plural eves literary an evening • on the eve of something See: Christmas Eve, New Year s Eve …

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  • 109eve — /iv / (say eev) noun 1. the evening, or often the day, before a Christian church festival, and hence before any date or event: *she stops with terror on the wedding eve and asks: What am I doing, who am I marrying … ? –christina stead, 1944. 2.… …

  • 110The Eye of the World — infobox Book | name = The Eye of the World orig title = translator = image caption = Original cover of The Eye of the World , prominently featuring Moiraine and Lan author = Robert Jordan cover artist = Darrell K. Sweet country = United States… …

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