Definitions for afternoon
ˌæf tərˈnun, ˌɑf-af·ter·noon

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. afternoonnoun

   the part of the day between noon and evening

   "he spent a quiet afternoon in the park"

2. good afternoon, afternoonnoun

   a conventional expression of greeting or farewell

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. afternoonnoun

   The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening; the part of the day following noon which is daylight all year round; the second half of the working day (in regular office hours).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Afternoonnoun

   The time from the meridian to the evening.

   Etymology: from after and noon.

   A beauty-waining and distressed widow,
   Ev’n in the afternoon of her best days,
   Made prize and purchase of his wanton eye. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   However, keep the lively taste you hold
   Of God; love him now, but fear him more;
   And, in your afternoons, think what you told
   And promis’d him at morning-prayer before. John Donne.

   Such, all the morning, to the pleadings run;
   But when the bus’ness of the day is done,
   On dice, and drink, and drabs, they spend the afternoon. John Dryden, Persius, Sat. i.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Afternoonnoun

   the part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening

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1. Afternoon

   Afternoon is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Kodansha. It is a monthly anthology, and each issue typically has around thirty ongoing stories by various authors and runs about 800 pages. Afternoon has spawned many successful seinen manga series such as Oh My Goddess!, Genshiken, Blade of the Immortal and Big Windup! It is part of Kodansha's "1day" series, which also includes the magazines Morning and Evening. In its October 2008 issue, a spin-off magazine called good! Afternoon was announced to be launched.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Afternoon

   aft′ėr-nōōn, n. the time between noon and evening.—n. Aft′er-morn (Tenn.), the morrow.

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1. afternoon

   A known specific period of time in the day.

   The afternoon specific time is noon until evening.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 14, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Daytime
   • Farewell
   • Greeting

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'afternoon' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1431

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'afternoon' in Written Corpus Frequency: #581

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'afternoon' in Nouns Frequency: #523

How to pronounce afternoon?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of afternoon in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of afternoon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of afternoon in a Sentence

1. Johnny Perkins:

   They were part of afternoon tea, which had become a fashionable ritual, and that took root at Wimbledon.

2. Jim Maddox:

   We're getting ready this afternoon because it's supposed to come in tonight, you expect the worse and hope for the best.

3. David Roth:

   It's maintained its strength and wind speeds overnight, and it looks like it's headed for landfall at Panama City, (Florida), it'll probably hit land either mid or late afternoon.

4. Eric Lycan:

   The Rubio campaign convinced one station that his Gang of Eight amnesty bill, which turned a blind eye to sanctuary cities and allowed them to continue to flout the law, is somehow different from actively supporting them, this was a Friday afternoon ploy to keep South Carolina voters from hearing the message about Rubio's disastrous record on border security.

5. Howard Levinson:

   You need two to four people to run one side and on a busy Saturday night you would need eight people. And you can't use them on a Saturday night but not on a Wednesday afternoon.

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