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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

Further vigils for Arday are set to take place in both Cambridge and London on Monday evening.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

It will decide if words uttered on the evening news are something the public shouldn’t have heard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Hundreds of people crammed into the school gym that April evening, and the debate over Point Reyes agitated into a low boil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

The "Dubai Tower" left the eastern port city of Ningbo on Saturday evening heading north, where it will pass through the Bering Strait, then turn west through the frigid waters along Russia's northern coast.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

This evening, then: It was the perfect opportunity to ask him to place me in the Displays Department.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

On Friday night at the SoFi Stadium, there was nothing random about the songs that played just before Karol G took the stage for the first of three evenings at the venue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Remembrance vigils are also planned in London on Sunday and Monday evenings.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

In the evenings, they discussed their work, with Avery as mentor at first.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

The electricity demand for cooling peaks on still, hot evenings - just as the wind drops and solar fades, leaving gas to supply the extra energy.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

It was many evenings and weekends before Shirley realized the treasure her father had mined from the basement.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord