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• present participle of even.

evening

American  

[eev-ning] / ˈiv nɪŋ /

noun

• evenings
  plural

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.

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adjective

1. of or relating to evening.

   The evening sky shone with stars.

2. occurring or seen in the evening.

   the evening mist.

evening British  

/ 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

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evening Idioms  

1. see good day (evening).

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• evenings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of evening

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

Explanation

The evening is the last part of the day before night falls, just when the sun is starting to go down. Most people eat dinner in the evening. The quiet, winding-down, ending part of a day is the evening — you might also call it "dusk" or "twilight." Some people define the evening as the time after dinner and before bedtime, and you can also use the word to talk figuratively about the final part of something else: "It was the evening of his life." The Old English root of evening is ǣfnung, "the time around sunset."

Example Sentences

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evening evenings

A centerpiece of the evening will be a deep dive into Integratron, the ever-confounding dome out in the Mojave Desert, from “Otherworld” podcast host Jack Wagner and architectural historian Daniel Paul.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

By Sunday evening, the Wall Street Journal estimated that the ads had aired nearly 90 times across national TV networks and cost about $337,000.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

There were also reports of heightened police activity around the base on Saturday evening, hours before three suspicious vehicles were reported to police.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Counter-terror police gave another update on Tuesday evening, saying properties in London had been searched as part of the investigation.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Corrie,” Betsie warned one evening when I announced triumphantly that August was half over, “we don’t know for sure.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Four years on, they are confident astronomers, with evenings beginning around 9pm.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Look towards the east during autumn evenings, where the Pleiades can be found in the constellation Taurus.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

MS NOW correspondents will take questions in the evenings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Hundreds of thousands of tourists a year flock to viewing areas and boardwalks to watch the diminutive sea birds waddle ashore and along the beach in the evenings on the eastern coast's Phillip Island.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

My friends and I, boys included, had sometimes slipped out in the evenings and gathered at the corner near the lamppost to gab—at least until the disapproving frowns of elders drove us home.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu