The close of the day; evening. Also (now less commonly): the afternoon (cf. evening, n.1 1b and note at good even, int.). Cf. morn, n.

The afternoon; the evening. (In quot. 1450: midday.)

The middle of the afternoon; also figurative. (In quot. 1400: midday.)

Originally: the part of the day between the midday meal and the evening meal. In later use: the part of the day from noon or lunchtime to…

The middle of the afternoon. Cf. midovernoon, n.

The afternoon or evening. Now dialect.

The time after dinner; a period of time after dinner, often devoted to recreation; the remainder of the day after dinner. Also: the afternoon.

The hours after midday, the afternoon. Chiefly figurative. Now rare.

With wider reference: the period between midday and night; the afternoon. Now regional.

After midday; applied to the hours between noon and midnight. Usually abbreviated P.M., p.m., or pm.

(A part of) the afternoon. Obsolete.

= afternoon, n. adv.int.; the time from midday until night. Usually in morning, noon, and night and variants: continually, all the time.

(a) n. afternoon; (b) adj. occurring or undertaken after midday.

= afternoon, n. 1.

colloquial. The afternoon; an afternoon. Cf. a.m., n.1

= afternoon, n. 1. Chiefly in this after.

Post meridiem, afternoon. Cf. p.m., n.1

Afternoon.

The period after midday; afternoon or evening.

= afternoon, n. 1. Chiefly in this afty.