afternoons

[af-ter-noonz, ahf-]

adverb

1. in or during any or every afternoon.

   He slept late and worked afternoons.

afternoons

/ ˌɑːftəˈnuːnz /

adverb

1. informal,  during the afternoon, esp regularly

Word History and Origins

Origin of afternoons¹

1895–1900, afternoon + -s 1

Example Sentences

After school, I spent afternoons with anyone and everyone in the neighborhood.

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Their home has become a testing ground and they have different scents for the mornings, afternoons and nights.

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On blustery afternoons, my street’s geography sends every scrap of airborne litter to my curb: candy wrappers, Styrofoam peanuts and Trader Joe’s receipts that reveal too much about the neighbors’ taquitos intake.

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I’ve spent spring afternoons, summer weekends, winter nights and fall days wandering around, dining at restaurants that blew me away, and, of course, people watching.

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That show ran from November 2002 until this past May and was paired with “PTI” on weekday afternoons, with “Horn” at 2 p.m.

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