eve of the event
- noun
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víspera del evento
- On the eve of the event, everyone was buzzing with excitement.
Examples
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Excitement built on the eve of the event as guests arrived from all over the country.
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Nerves and tension were high on the eve of the event as everyone awaited the big announcement.
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On the eve of the event, the team stayed up late making final preparations.
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We have a lot to do on the eve of the event!
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Many people hosted parties on the eve of the event to celebrate and prepare.
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The town was buzzing with excitement on the eve of the event, as everyone made last-minute preparations.
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She couldn’t sleep the night before the big race; the nerves set in on the eve of the event.
Synonyms
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2.5
A time just before an important event, like Christmas or an election
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase meaning is directly and transparently built from 'eve' (time immediately preceding) combined with a noun via 'of' ('event'), so the overall sense 'the period before the event' follows straightforwardly from the constituents. This possessive/genitive pattern is common cross-linguistically and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the words involved.
Etymology
The phrase eve of the event uses eve, a word for the evening or the time just 'before' something, so imagine the quiet night before a big event when people prepare and feel excited. So, eve of the event means the day or period right before an event, a time of preparation and excitement.