Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

new year's eve

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: new year's eve
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The holiday occurring on the last day of the year, celebrated on December 31st in cultures following the Gregorian calendar; this entire 24-hour calendar day or (often) specifically its evening.

Example Sentences

"Holonym: New Year's (holiday-time sense)"
"Near-synonym: watchnight (a precise differentiation is explained there)"
"New Year's Eve day [denotes the daytime portion of this calendar day]"
"New Year's Eve traditions"
"We spent New Year's Eve eating sweets, drinking champagne, and watching the countdown!"
"I have to work on New Year's Eve day, but then I'm going to my friends' house for the evening."

Inflected Forms

New Year's Eves (plural)

Phrases

new year, new me New Year's resolution ball drop

Frequently Paired Words

new year, new me New Year's resolution ball drop fireworks champagne New Year's Day

Synonyms

New Year's watchnight[Appendix:Glossary december 31

Questions

What does new year's eve mean?: The holiday occurring on the last day of the year, celebrated on December 31st in cultures following the Gregorian calendar; this entire 24-hour calendar day or (often) specifically its evening.

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