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eve

DEFINITIONS OF: eve

1

n the day before

“he always arrives on the eve of her departure”
Type of:
24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

n the period immediately before something

“on the eve of the French Revolution”
Type of:
period, period of time, time period
an amount of time

n the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

Synonyms:
even, evening, eventide
Types:
guest night
an evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guests
Type of:
day, daylight, daytime
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
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