afternoon

Meaning

Noun

1. The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
2. 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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɑːf.tə.ˈnuːn/

Etymology

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 .