evening
Betekenis (Engels)
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- A vague time of day sometime between sunset and midnight.
- The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.
- A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
- A party or gathering held in the evening.
Concepten
halfdonker
nachtelijke duisternis
Synoniemen
late afternoon
in the evening
close of day
at sunset
evening time
evening twilight
early night hours
evening hour
after sunset
nightfull
post meridian
belonging to the evening
growing dusk
night-fall
sunset madeuko [lhhl
early evening
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈiːvnɪŋ/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Middle English evening, evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian < ǣfen (from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even + -ing.
Nieuw
even
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- Flat and level.
- Without great variation.
- Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
- Divisible by two.
- Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
- (colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
- Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
- (obsolete) Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
- (obsolete) Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
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