afternoon

Meaning

Noun

1. The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
2. (figuratively) The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.
3. (informal) A party or social event held in the afternoon.

Adv

In the afternoon.

Intj

Ellipsis of good afternoon.

Synonyms

evening

🌆

p.m.

noon

🕛

midday

late afternoon

prayer

in the afternoon

daytime

good afternoon

post meridiem

meridian

night

🌃

early evening

P.M.

post meridian

arvo

late

early

postmeridien

arvy

afternoons

evetime

bird

🐦

dawn

dusk

eve

even

evenfall

eventide

meridional

midafternoon

morning

nightfall

noonday

teatime

twilight

vesper

early afternoon

afternoon prayer

Translations

après-midi

Nachmittag

tarde

pomeriggio

tarde

tarda

namiddag

middag

απόγευμα

öğleden sonra

soir

🌆

sera

🌆

soirée

🌆

dopopranzo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɑːf.tə.ˈnuːn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: afternone

In summary

From Middle English afternone, after-non, equivalent to after- + noon.

Sentences

Shall we watch a film at the cinema this afternoon ?

One afternoon , they passed by the encampment of one of the tribes .