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Evening is defined as the time after sunset and before bedtime, or a later period of a lifetime or career.
(noun)- An example of evening is seven o'clock at night.
- An example of evening is the post retirement life of a professional golfer; the evening of his life.
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See evening in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the last part of the day; close of the day and early part of night; period between sunset or the last meal of the day and bedtime
- in some parts of the South, in rural areas, and in parts of England, the period from noon through sunset and twilight
- the last period, as of life, a career, etc.
- a part of the night spent in a specified way: a musical evening
Origin: ME < OE æfnung, verbal n. < æfnian, to grow toward evening < æfen, evening, akin to Ger abend, prob. < IE base *epi-, *opi-, after, later (> Gr epi, L ob): basic sense “later part of the day”
adjective
of, in, or for the evening
See evening in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The period of decreasing daylight between afternoon and night.
- The period between sunset or the evening meal and bedtime: a quiet evening at home.
- A later period or time: in the evening of one's life.
- Chiefly Southern U.S. The time from noon to twilight.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English ǣfnung
Origin: , from ǣfnian, to become evening
Origin: , from ǣfen, evening
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