New Year's Eve
noun
Definition of New Year's Eve
: December 31 : the last day of the year; especially : the evening of December 31
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Word by Word Definitions
newplay New
: having recently come into existence : recent, modern
: having been seen, used, or known for a short time : novel
: unfamiliar
: newly, recently
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yearplay Year
: the period of about 3651/4 solar days required for one revolution of the earth around the sun
: the time required for the apparent sun to return to an arbitrary fixed or moving reference point in the sky
: the time in which a planet completes a revolution about the sun
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eveplay Eve
: evening
: the evening or the day before a special day
: the period immediately preceding
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