evening

[ eev-ning ]

noun

1. the latter part of the day and early part of the night.

   Synonyms: gloaming, twilight, dusk, eventide, nightfall

2. the period from sunset to bedtime:

   He spent the evenings reading.

3. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. the time between noon and sunset, including the afternoon and twilight.
4. any concluding or declining period:

   the evening of life.

5. an evening's reception or entertainment:

   Their evenings at home were attended by the socially prominent.

adjective

1. of or relating to evening:

   The evening sky shone with stars.

2. occurring or seen in the evening:

   the evening mist.

evening

/ ˈiːvnɪŋ /

noun

1. the latter part of the day, esp from late afternoon until nightfall
2. the latter or concluding period

   the evening of one's life

3. the early part of the night spent in a specified way

   an evening at the theatre

4. an entertainment, meeting, or reception held in the early part of the night
5. dialect.
   the period between noon and sunset
6. modifier of, used, or occurring in the evening

   the evening papers

Word History and Origins

Origin of evening¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English ǣfnung, equivalent to ǣfn ( ian ) draw toward evening + -ung noun suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of evening¹

Old English ǣfnung; related to Old Frisian ēvend, Old High German āband

Idioms and Phrases

see good day (evening) .

Example Sentences

Potts was in town on business and had skipped her evening run to attend this hastily arranged meeting with the governor of Alaska, Bill Walker, and Lt.

From ProPublica

That’s especially true in the evening when you’re done with a hike and teetering on hangry.

From Outside Online

It was a bummer, and my bandmates and I all went our separate ways for the evening.

From Ozy

Until March of this year, you could pretty much assume that on any given evening, astronomers scattered across the globe would be standing beside mountaintop telescopes and pausing in their work to admire the simple beauty of the sky.

From Quanta Magazine

In summertime in North America, tiny lights flick on and off in the evening.

From Science News For Students

It was neither the best nor worst pickup line I encountered that evening.

From The Daily Beast

That latter fear crossed my mind more than once during the evening.

From The Daily Beast

You had a great line in your piece on Geoffrey Beene about the “genre” of evening wear.

From The Daily Beast

People come to The Ball with many different goals in mind, depending on what they are looking for that evening.

From The Daily Beast

But by Wednesday evening there was little in the way of organized protests or random unrest in the area.

From The Daily Beast

In the evening, St. Peter's and its accessories were illuminated—by far the most brilliant spectacle I ever saw.

From Project Gutenberg

Nevertheless the evening and the night passed away without incident.

From Project Gutenberg

My son,” said Grabantak one evening to Chingatok, “if we are henceforth to live in peace, why not unite and become one nation?

From Project Gutenberg

One evening, while he was thus engaged, he observed de Patinos and Duke Wharton enter together.

From Project Gutenberg

That evening in the gondola, with one old and two newer friends, is marked with a white stone in my recollection.

From Project Gutenberg