evening

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Significado

1. A vague time of day sometime between sunset and midnight.
2. 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. A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
4. A party or gathering held in the evening.

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Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈiːvnɪŋ/

Etimologia

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.

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even

1. Flat and level.
2. Without great variation.
3. Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
4. Divisible by two.
5. Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
6. On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
7. (colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
8. Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
9. (obsolete) Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
10. (obsolete) Associate; fellow; of the same condition.