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evening /ˈiːv(ə)nɪŋ /noun1The period of time at the end of the day, usually from about 6 p.m. to bedtime: it was seven o’clock in the evening [as modifier]: the evening meal...- Except for short exercise periods in the evening the prisoners were confined to their individual cells for the first three days.
- When I was doing the play I was tiring and absolutely using up all of my resources but it was a two hour period in the evening and then it was finished.
- Then allocate work to do in all your free periods and in the evening.
Synonyms night, late afternoon, end of day, close of day; twilight, dusk, nightfall, sunset, sundown literary eve, even, eventide, evenfall, gloaming 1.1An evening characterized by a particular event or activity: some pubs hold Irish music evenings...- Trosley's next event, an evening of Russian folk music round a campfire, is taking place on Saturday.
- The disc is too propulsive to be background music, but too modest to be your evening's main event.
- Lying in Morgan's double bed, their heads inches apart, Dawn thinks over the evening's events.
1.2 [as modifier] Prescribed by fashion as suitable for relatively formal social events held in the evening: a couple in evening dress...- People dressed in formal evening attire made their way to the entrance of the center.
- So you see, it's possible to get and wear beautiful evening shoes without suffering.
- If you decide on the tuxedo, then get your hands on a slick pair of evening dress shoes.
adverb (evenings) informal In the evening; every evening: Saturday evenings he invariably fell asleep...- But a couple of evenings a week he works as a male chaperone, wining and dining women who pay for his company.
- We only see each other a couple of evenings a week properly so this week has been an absolute dream!
- Regular duties at my parish of residence occupied a couple of evenings a week.
Origin Old English ǣfnung 'dusk falling, the time around sunset', from ǣfnian 'approach evening', from ǣfen (see even2). |