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单词 evening
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evening

1 of 2

noun

eve·​ning ˈēv-niŋ How to pronounce evening (audio)
often attributive
1
a
: the latter part and close of the day and early part of the night
b
chiefly Southern US and Midland US : afternoon
c
: the period from sunset or the evening meal to bedtime
2
: the latter portion
3
: the period of an evening's entertainment

evening

2 of 2

adjective

: suitable for formal or semiformal evening social occasions
evening dress
evening clothes

Synonyms

Noun

  • afterlife
  • afternoon
  • age
  • autumn
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Example Sentences

Noun We're going out to dinner this evening. He devotes his evenings to charity work. They left on the evening of July 26. We're looking forward to an evening at the theater. several fun-filled evenings of poker He met her in the evening of his life. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The megastar just posted a video on Instagram, featuring her own footage of the evening. Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 8 Feb. 2023 Steve Lacy wins his first Grammy of the evening for best progressive R&B album with Gemini Rights. Heran Mamo, Billboard, 6 Feb. 2023 Lil Wayne soon followed, with the recent Recording Academy Global Impact Award recipient getting the longest set of the evening. Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2023 The sign-language category of the evening is just as packed. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2023 Both Grant and Reilly handle some of the the wordiest, rapid songs -- no doubt another jab at musicals since the score was written by David Yazbek -- of the evening. Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 19 Jan. 2023 When the Goons play a record-release show this weekend — at the Black Cat, of course — the evening’s lineup will span generations. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023 Host Jerrod Carmichael wore not one, not two, but seven different looks throughout the course of the evening. Town & Country, 11 Jan. 2023 Having the two Murphys (Eddie and Ryan) on hand to accept their respective awards will be a highlight of the evening. Nick Clement, Variety, 5 Jan. 2023
Adjective
During his flight, Trump complained on Twitter that the cable networks were not carrying the roll call (the networks also did not air pre-evening events for the Democratic convention). John Fritze, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2020 Evening temperatures slip back through the 70s with overnight lows in the low-to-mid 60s downtown, upper 50s elsewhere. Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2017 Evening procession: The Feast closes with an procession following the 8 p.m. Mass on Aug. 15. Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 10 Aug. 2017 Evening practice brings back high school memories for some Ducks. Tyson Alger, OregonLive.com, 9 Aug. 2017 Evening entertainment runs to joining locals at the town's ever-hopping Mini Golf Club, open until someone has finally had enough. Cnt Editors, CNT, 31 May 2017 Evening session tickets are $12 for general admission and $22 for reserved seating.• Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 19 Jan. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian to grow toward evening, from ǣfen evening; akin to Old High German āband evening and perhaps to Greek epi on

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Adjective

1782, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

evening

noun
eve·​ning
ˈēv-niŋ
1
: the final part of the day and early part of the night
2
: a late part
the evening of life

evening 1 of 3

noun

1
as in afternoon
a later period of one's life now in the evening of their lives, the married couple are ready to hand the family business over to the next generation

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • afternoon
  • autumn
  • twilight
  • age
  • winter
  • sunset
  • afterlife
  • middle
  • adulthood
  • maturity
  • dotage
  • senility
  • anecdotage
  • majority
  • middle age
  • golden years
  • midlife
  • seniority
  • elderliness
  • ripeness
  • oldness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • springtime
  • youth
  • adolescence
2
as in night
the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness in the evening a reddish glow often appears on the mountaintops

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • night
  • sunset
  • dusk
  • twilight
  • eve
  • nightfall
  • sundown
  • eventide
  • gloaming
  • dark
  • nighttime
  • crepuscule
  • crepuscle
  • evenfall
  • darkness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • morning
  • day
  • sunrise
  • daybreak
  • morn
  • dawn
  • daylight
  • sunup
  • dawning
  • daytime
  • aurora
  • light
  • forenoon
  • cockcrow
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evening

2 of 3

adjective

as in black-tie

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • black-tie
  • white-tie
  • semiformal
  • in
  • fitted
  • tailored
  • chic
  • fashionable
  • formal
  • stylish
  • dress
  • costume
  • dapper
  • dressy
  • modish
  • natty
  • custom-made
  • snappy
  • smart
  • sharp
  • costumey

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • informal
  • casual
  • street
  • sporty
  • outmoded
  • unfashionable
  • sloppy
  • sportif
  • dowdy
  • slovenly
  • untidy
  • messy
  • unkempt
  • frowzy
  • dishevelled
  • grungy
  • disheveled
  • rumpled
  • frowsy
  • wrinkled
  • unstylish
  • styleless
  • mussy
  • sloven
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evening

3 of 3

verb

present participle of even
1
as in smoothing
to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps even the filling before adding the top layer of the cake

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • smoothing
  • shaving
  • planing
  • trimming
  • laying
  • combing
  • clipping
  • paring
  • flattening
  • leveling
  • cropping
  • levelling
  • raking
  • pruning
  • spreading
  • smoothening
  • surfacing
  • pressing
  • carding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • roughing
  • roughening
  • bending
  • wrinkling
  • pitting
  • coarsening
  • rumpling
  • kinking
  • denting
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2
as in balancing
to make equal in amount, degree, or status the contention that producing more arms will even us with the enemy and therefore make us more secure

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • balancing
  • adjusting
  • equalizing
  • equating
  • fitting
  • compensating
  • levelling
  • leveling
  • equilibrating
  • accommodating
  • equipoising
  • counterbalancing
  • standardizing
  • normalizing
  • democratizing
  • regularizing
  • homogenizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • disequilibrating
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