eves
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- 1Plural of eve.
He spent the eves of all three marathons resting and eating pasta.
Both companies cut their prices on the eves of their product launches.
Note
The plural gathers the run-ups to several occasions at once, most naturally in the phrase the eves of: two elections, three races, a pair of launches. Holiday names keep their capital, so a family remembers its Christmas Eves. The figurative eve, the moment just before something begins, and the archaic, poetic eve meaning evening both take the same plain -s.
eves is a form of eve
eve, noun: The day or night before a particular day or event, usually a holiday, as in Christmas Eve. Full entry
- Forms
- eveeves plural
- Spelling
- eve → eves: add -s
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