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Dictionary: eve·ning   (ēv'nĭng) pronunciation
 
n.
  1. The period of decreasing daylight between afternoon and night.
  2. The period between sunset or the evening meal and bedtime: a quiet evening at home.
  3. A later period or time: in the evening of one's life.
  4. Chiefly Southern U.S. The time from noon to twilight.

[Middle English, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian, to become evening, from ǣfen, evening.]


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noun

    The period between afternoon and nighttime: dusk, eve, eventide, gloaming, nightfall, twilight. Archaic even2, vesper. See start/end.

 
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n

Definition: latter part of a day
Antonyms: morning


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: The early part of the night.

pronunciation Early evening is often when many insects come out of hiding.

 
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Sunset in Coquitlam, British Columbia

Evening is the period in which the daylight is decreasing, between the late afternoon and night, around the time when dinner is taken. Though the term is subjective, evening is typically understood to begin before sunset, during the close of the standard business day (about 5 pm) – and extend until dusk, the beginning of night. Evening thus spans the period of twilight, but begins before it and depending on definition may extend past its end. This places "evening" typically between 5pm and 7pm during most of the year.

In the rural American South, "evening" (pronounced /ˈiv nɪn/) is often used to describe the entire late afternoon, especially when the main meal of the day, dinner, is taken in the early afternoon; evening is thus anytime after dinner.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - aften
adv. - om aftenen, hver aften
int. - god aften

idioms:

  • evening class    aftenhold
  • evening dress    selskabsdragt, lang kjole og kjole og hvidt
  • evening star    aftenstjerne

Nederlands (Dutch)
avond, namiddag, eindperiode

Français (French)
n. - soir, soirée, déclin de (littér)
adv. - dans la soirée, chaque soir
int. - bonsoir

idioms:

  • evening class    cours du soir
  • evening dress    robe du soir, tenue de soirée
  • evening star    vedette de la soirée

Deutsch (German)
n. - Abend
adv. - abends
int. - Abend!

idioms:

  • evening class    Abendkurs
  • evening dress    Abendkleidung
  • evening star    Abendstern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βράδυ, δειλινό, εσπερίδα, βραδινή συγκέντρωση

idioms:

  • evening class    νυχτερινό μάθημα
  • evening dress    (ενδυμ.) βραδινό φόρεμα (τουαλέτα, σμόκιν)
  • evening star    'Εσπερος, αποσπερίτης

Italiano (Italian)
sera

idioms:

  • evening class    classi serali
  • evening dress    vestito da sera
  • evening star    Venere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - noite, anoitecer

idioms:

  • evening class    aula noturna
  • evening dress    traje a rigor
  • evening star    estrela (f) d'alva, Vênus (Astron.)

Русский (Russian)
вечер

idioms:

  • evening class    вечерние занятия
  • evening dress    вечернее платье
  • evening star    вечерняя звезда

Español (Spanish)
n. - tarde, anochecer, noche, víspera
adv. - de noche
int. - buenas noches!

idioms:

  • evening class    clase nocturna
  • evening dress    traje de etiqueta, traje de noche
  • evening star    lucero de la tarde, estrella vespertina

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kväll, afton

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
傍晚, 末期, 晚间, 在傍晚, 晚上好!

idioms:

  • evening class    夜校
  • evening dress    晚礼服
  • evening star    晚星

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 傍晚, 末期, 晚間
adv. - 在傍晚
int. - 晚上好!

idioms:

  • evening class    夜校
  • evening dress    晚禮服
  • evening star    晚星

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 해질 무렵, 쇠퇴기
adv. - 저녁에
int. - Good evening (저녁 인사)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 夕方, 晩の, 夜会, 末期

idioms:

  • evening class    夜学
  • evening dress    イブニングドレス, 夜会服
  • evening star    宵の明星

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أمسيه, مساء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ערב‬
adv. - ‮בערב, כל ערב‬
int. - ‮ערב טוב!‬


 
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