What is "evening" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does evening mean in English? Meaning of evening definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "evening" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "evening": the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

Noun

  • Meaning: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
  • Example: he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
  • Synonyms: eve even evening eventide
  • Hyponyms: guest night
  • Hypernyms: day daylight daytime
  • Part Holonyms: crepuscle crepuscule dusk evenfall fall gloam gloaming nightfall sundown sunset twilight
  • Meaning of "evening": a later concluding time period

    Noun

  • Meaning: a later concluding time period
  • Example: it was the evening of the Roman Empire
  • Synonyms: evening
  • Hypernyms: period period of time time period
  • Meaning of "evening": the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way

    Noun

  • Meaning: the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way
  • Example: an evening at the opera
  • Synonyms: evening
  • Hypernyms: period period of time time period
  • Synonyms:

    even, decline, dim, dusk, eve, dark, nightfall, sundown, eventide, close, twilight, sunset, duskiness, black, early black, late afternoon,

    Antonyms:

    daybreak, sunrise, morning,

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    evening in English: evening
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