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Definition: Eventide |
EventideNoun1. The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "eventide" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Synonyms: EventideSynonyms: eve (n), evening (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Evening | Noun: evening, eve; decline of day, fall of day, close of day; candlelight, candlelighting; eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour; sunset, sundown; going down of the sun,Noun: evening, eve; decline of day, fall of day, close of day; candlelight, candlelighting; eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour; sunset, sundown; going down of the sun, cock- shut, dewy eve, gloaming, bedtime. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | With your dance on the eventide (New Moon on Monday; performing artist: Duran Duran) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Song at Eventide (1934) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Eventide. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Eventide" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Eventide" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "eventide": eventide home. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
eventide ruby | 74 |
eventide | 59 |
eventide review ruby | 8 |
eventide h3000 | 6 |
eventide harmonizer | 6 |
eventide eclipse | 5 |
eventide h949 | 5 |
eventide motel | 3 |
abide eventide tis | 2 |
eventide orville | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "eventide"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mbrëmje (dew-fall, even, evening, get together, night, soiree, vesper). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вечер (eve, even, evening, evenings, night, nightfall, vesper), здрач (cockshot, dusk, duskiness, half-light, twilight). (various references) | |
Czech | veèerní doba. (various references) | |
Farsi | شامگاه (Eve). (various references) | |
French | couchant. (various references) | |
German | Lebensabend (evening of life). (various references) | |
Hungarian | napszállta. (various references) | |
Indonesian | senja (dusk, gloaming, twilight). (various references) | |
Italian | vecchiaia (age, Hoar, old age, oldness), sera (even, evening, night, vesper). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eventideay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | entardecer (hesperus, vesper), tardinha (even, evening), anoitecer (candle-light, dusk, even, grow dark, nightfall). (various references) | |
Romanian | searã (dark, dew-fall, dusk, eve, even, evening, night, twilight, vesper). (various references) | |
Russian | вечер (dew-fall, eve, even, evening, night, party, vesper). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | veče (evening, nightfall). (various references) | |
Spanish | recordar (bear in mind, bethink, bring back, hark back to, look back on, recall, recollect, remember, remind, retrace, retrospect, take back, think, to remember). (various references) | |
Swedish | afton (eve, evening). (various references) | |
Thai | ตอนเย็น (ทางวรร"ค"ี). (various references) | |
Turkish | akşam üzeri (nightfall), akşam (dark, dew-fall, eve, evening, night, vesper, vespertine). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вечір (evening, night, nightfall). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 4, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epebalon autoiV taV ceiraV kai eqento eiV thrhsin eiV thn aurion hn gar espera hdh |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et iniecerunt in eis manus et posuerunt eos in custodiam in crastinum erat enim iam vespera |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thei leiden hondis on hem, and puttiden hem in to warde in to the morewe; for it was thanne euentid. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And they layde hondes on them and put them in holde vntill the nexte daye: for it was now even tyde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody to the next day: for it was now evening. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening. |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 4, Verse 3 |
| Albanian | Dhe i shtinë në dorë dhe i futën në burg deri të nesërmen, sepse ishte ngrysur. |
| Cebuano | Ug sila ilang gidakop ug Gibanlud sa bilanggoan hangtud sa pagkasunod nga adlaw, kay nagkagabii na man kadto. |
| Croatian | pograbe ih i bace u tamnicu do sutra jer veæ bijaše veèer. |
| Danish | Og de lagde Hånd på dem og satte dem i Forvaring til den følgende Dag; thi det var allerede Aften. |
| Dutch | En zij sloegen de handen aan hen, en zetten ze in bewaring tot den anderen dag; want het was nu avond. |
| Finnish | Ja he kävivät heihin käsiksi ja panivat heidät vankeuteen seuraavaan päivään asti, sillä oli jo ehtoo. |
| French | Ils mirent les mains sur eux, et ils les jetèrent en prison jusqu`au lendemain; car c`était déj le soir. |
| German | und legten die Hände an sie und setzten sie ein bis auf morgen; denn es war jetzt Abend. |
| Haitian Creole | Yo arete yo, yo mete yo nan prizon pou jouk nan denmen paske solèy te fin kouche. |
| Hungarian | És rájuk veték kezüket, és veték õket õrizet alá másnapig, mert már este vala. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Maka mereka menangkap kedua rasul itu lalu memasukkannya ke dalam penjara. Dan karena sudah malam, maka Petrus dan Yohanes ditahan di situ sampai besoknya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu mereka itu pun menangkap kedua rasul itu, serta membawa ke dalam tahanan sampai besoknya, karena hari sudah malam. |
| Italian | Li arrestarono e li portarono in prigione fino al giorno dopo, dato che era ormai sera. |
| Maori | Na ka mau o ratou ringa ki a raua, meinga ana kia tiakina kia ao ra ano te ra, i te mea hoki kua ahiahi. |
| Norwegian | og de la hånd på dem og satte dem i fengsel til den næste dag; for det var alt aften. |
| Portuguese | deitaram mão neles, e os encerraram na prisão até o dia seguinte; pois era já tarde. |
| Rumanian | Au pus mknile pe ei, wi i-au aruncat kn temniyq pknq a doua zi; cqci se knserase. |
| Shuar | Yamaikia Kíawai, kashin Iismí tusar achik sepunam enkea iniaisarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Les echaron mano y los pusieron en la cárcel hasta el día siguiente, porque ya era tarde. |
| Swahili | Basi, waliwatia nguvuni na kwa kuwa usiku ulikuwa umekaribia, wakawaweka chini ya ulinzi mpaka kesho yake. |
| Swedish | Därför grepo de dem nu och satte dem i fängsligt förvar till följande dag, eftersom det redan var afton. |
| Uma | Toe pai' rahoko' -ramo suro to rodua toera, pai' rapopesua' hi rala tarungku'. Apa' neo' mobengi-mi, toe pai' rapotuhu hi ree-ramo ulu, duu' kamepulo-na. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "eventide": eventides. (additional references) | |
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"Eventide" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adventide, euentide, eventate, eventige, Levenside. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-i-n-t-v" | |
-1 letter: evident. | |
-2 letters: devein, endite, endive, envied, evened, evited, veined, vendee, vented. | |
-3 letters: diene, event, evite, nieve, teind, tined, vined. | |
-4 letters: deet, dene, deni, dent, diet, dine, dint, dite, dive, edit, eide, even, need, neve, nevi, nide, nite, teed, teen, tend, tide, tied, tine, vein, vend, vent, vide, vied, vine. | |
-5 letters: dee, den, dev, die, din. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-i-n-t-v" | |
+1 letter: eventides. | |
+2 letters: intervened, pendentive, reinvented, reinvested. | |
+3 letters: bedevilment, delineative, interleaved, interviewed, interweaved, pendentives. | |
+4 letters: advertencies, bedevilments, cantilevered, decongestive, degenerative, disseverment, inadvertence, nondeceptive, overwintered, reinnervated. | |
+5 letters: advertisement, advertizement, confederative, deceptiveness, defectiveness, determinative, disseverments, inadvertences, overextending, overtightened, reductiveness, reinterviewed, seductiveness. | |
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