New Year's Eve
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- noun
- /nuː jɪrz iːv/
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nochevieja
- We celebrated with fireworks and a toast at midnight on New Year's Eve.
- New Year's Eve party
- New Year's Eve celebration
- Christmas and New Year's Eve
Examples
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"We'll come for dinner New Year's Eve," said the ladies.
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Arrived here on New Year's Eve after four days on a mule.
Academic text (2002) -
But he'll be back for New Year's Eve.
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Everyone wants to do something on New Year's Eve.
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This is my New Year's Eve dress.
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I'm not really a fan of New Year's Eve, anyway.
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And in the corner of the kitchen was a silver New Year's Eve balloon.
Fiction book (1998) -
We're having a party New Year's Eve for the minister of trade, Mr Chao, and his whole group.
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Jed is having a slumber party on New Year's Eve, and he invited me.
Fiction book (1993) -
In short, they both accepted and arrived punctually at 8:30 on New Year's Eve.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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The last day of the year often celebrated as New Year's Eve
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the evening before New Year's Day' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'new' (recent), 'year's' (of the year) and 'eve' (the time immediately preceding an event); the genitive '’s' simply marks possession. This is a common, cross-linguistic naming pattern for the night before a calendar event, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.
Etymology
New Year's Eve comes from the old use of eve to mean 'the evening before' an important day. So New Year's Eve is the night or last day before the New Year, and that is why people have parties and countdowns then.