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Eves

/iːvz/

The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.

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noun

1
The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
2
Evening, night.
3
The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced
"the eve of a scientific discovery"

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Eves"

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eveningnoun	The time of day between afternoon and night.
eventidenoun	(archaic, poetic, literary) Evening.
kabbadinoun	Alternative form of kabaddi. [A South Asian team sport in which players must hold their breath while making raids into the opposing team's half of the field.]
brihaspatinoun	(astronomy) Jupiter.
eavesnoun	(architecture) The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.
lucknownoun	A city, district, and division, the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, India.
tamarind treenoun	long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
dhaknoun	Butea monosperma, a tree of southern Asia.
badmintonnoun	(uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
tretanoun	—
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ganeshnoun	A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
delhinoun	A megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi.
mohammedansnoun	(now largely obsolete and offensive) Muslim.
phalgunanoun	(Hinduism) The twelfth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.
bowernoun	A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.
nathnoun	A diminutive of the male given name Nathaniel or Nathan.
punenoun	A major city and district of Maharashtra, India.
carromnoun	Alternative spelling of carom. [(countable, billiards, especially billiards) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.]
buntingsnoun	Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.