eve

n.

1. The evening or day preceding a special day, such as a holiday.
2. The period immediately preceding a certain event: the eve of war.
3. Evening.

[Middle English, variant of even. See even².]

noun

The period between afternoon and nighttime: dusk, evening, eventide, gloaming, nightfall, twilight. Archaic even², vesper. See start/end.

n

Definition: day before
Antonyms: day after

n

Definition: evening
Antonyms: morning

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IN BRIEF: The day before a special day or the time of day around sunset.

New Year's Eve is an exciting time for many people.

Tutor's tip: This was the "eve" (the night before a holiday or an event) of the group's plan to fix their elderly neighbor's "eave" (the edge of a sloping roof).

Dansk (Danish)
n. - aften, helligaften, tid umiddelbart før

Nederlands (Dutch)
vooravond, avond, Eva

Français (French)
n. - (lit, fig) à la veille de, veille, (Relig) vigile

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorabend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παραμονή, προτεραία

Italiano (Italian)
vigilia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - entardecer (m) (Poét.), véspera (f)

Русский (Russian)
канун, вечер

Español (Spanish)
n. - víspera

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - afton

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
前夕, 前日

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 前夕, 前日

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 저녁, 축제일의 전날, 직전

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - イブ, 前夜, 直前

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عشيه, مساء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הערב או היום שלפני אירוע מסוים, לפנות ערב, היום שלפני, ערב, חווה (אשת אדם)‬

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