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afternoon
[ noun af-ter-noon, ahf-; adjective af-ter-noon, ahf-, af-, ahf- ]
adjective
- pertaining to the latter part of the day.
afternoon
/ ˌɑːftəˈnuːn /
noun
- the period of the day between noon and evening
- ( as modifier )
afternoon tea
- a middle or later part
the afternoon of life
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Other Words From
- preaf·ter·noon noun adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of afternoon1
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Example Sentences
Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.
As of this afternoon, gay Floridians can get married in Dade County.
In the mid-afternoon, Ramos and Liu were parked on Tomkins Avenue on a meal break.
In the afternoon, at the hour of the shooting the day before, Bratton came to the scene with white flowers.
And it was sad, very sad, to be with Mister Ham Wednesday afternoon.
The afternoon was a lovely one—the day was a perfect example of the mellowest mood of autumn.
All the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.
Heavy firing continued all that afternoon, inflicting great loss on the rebels, whilst the Spaniards lost one soldier.
On the next afternoon, at a quarter-past two, Hilda and Janet were sitting together in the breakfast-room.
Along in the afternoon Porter's force was located near Moore's Mill, about four miles distant.
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