eve 
/ˈi:v/ noun
plural eves /ˈi:v/ noun [count] 1 literary : evening
▪ one pleasant summer's eve ▪ “…from noon to dewy eve…” — John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667) 2 : the evening or the day before a special day — usually singular ▪ New Year's Eve ▪ Christmas Eve 3 : the period of time just before an important event — used in the phrase on the eve of ▪ The students were nervous on the eve of their graduation.
▪ one pleasant summer's eve ▪ “…from noon to dewy eve…” — John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667)
