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   Eve·ning

   /ˈēvniNG/

   

   noun

   • 1. the period of time at the end of the day, usually from about 6 p.m. to bedtime: "it was seven o'clock in the evening" Similar nightlate afternoonend of dayclose of daytwilightdusknightfallsunsetsundownliterary:eveeveneventideevenfallgloamingOpposite morning
   • ▪ evening characterized by a specified type of activity or particular weather conditions: "they could have a relaxing evening"
   • ▪ prescribed by fashion as suitable for relatively formal social events held in the evening: "a couple in evening dress"

   adverb

   • 1. in the evening; every evening: "Saturday evenings he invariably fell asleep"

   exclamation

   • 1. short for good evening informal

   Word Origin Old Englishǣfnung ‘dusk falling, the time around sunset’, from ǣfnian ‘approach evening’, from ǣfen (see even2).

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