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evening

[ eev-ning ]

noun

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

    Synonyms: nightfall, gloaming, twilight, dusk, eventide

  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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of evening1

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

Origin of evening1

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

see good day (evening) .
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nevertheless the evening and the night passed away without incident.

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

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

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

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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