Word

eve, n.
(eves)
freq. cnt. 2

the day before
<noun.time> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

eve

sample sentences

"he always arrives on the eve of her departure"

semantic pointers

hypernym

day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
<noun.time> freq. cnt.: 38 freq. cnt.: 38

eve even evening eventide

sample sentences

"he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"

semantic pointers

hypernym

day, daylight, daytime

hyponym

guest night

part meronym

sundown, sunset dusk, nightfall, twilight, gloaming, gloam, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle

the period immediately before something
<noun.time>

eve

sample sentences

"on the eve of the French Revolution"

semantic pointers

hypernym

period, period of time, time period