evening

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The time of day between afternoon and night.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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.
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
4. (countable, uncountable) A party or gathering held in the evening.

Verb

present participle and gerund of even

Verb

present participle and gerund of evene

even

• Adj
• Verb
• Adv
• Noun
• Noun

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Synonyms

night

🌃

dusk

nightfall

afternoon

sunset

twilight

gloaming

night-time

eve

eventide

late afternoon

candlelight

nighttime

even

dark

sundown

in the evening

morning

Venus

vesper

star

⭐

evenfall

close of day

prayer

p.m.

darkness

vespertine

window

🪟

arvo

at sunset

evening time

evening twilight

early night hours

evening hour

after sunset

P.M.

nightfull

post meridian

gloam

belonging to the evening

growing dusk

night-fall

sunset madeuko [lhhl

nighttide

arvy

evetime

crepusculum

leveling

levelling

afternoons

Translations

soir

🌆

Abend

🌆

sera

🌆

avond

🌆

tarde

vespre

soirée

🌆

akşam

🌆

vesper

tarde

noite

🌃

βράδυ

εσπέρα

noche

🌃

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈiːvnɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: evening

Inherited from Old English: ǣfnung

In summary

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.

Sentences

The brothers can only take their human forms for fifteen minutes every evening .

Every evening , the dogs in our neighbourhood are howling .

An additional newscast airs during the evening hours .

Teresa , Mildrid, Ralph , and Vonda all arrived yesterday evening .