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

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. afternoon

   Afternoon is the period of time from noon or lunchtime until evening, typically considered as being from around 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. It is the part of the day that follows the morning.

2. afternoon

   Afternoon refers to the period of time that begins at noon (12:00 pm) and ends at evening, typically around 6:00 pm. This varies slightly depending on cultural context and personal interpretation. It generally follows morning and precedes evening.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

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How to pronounce afternoon?

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How to say afternoon in sign language?

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. Charlie Daniels:

   I'll give you a little breakdown of Charlie Daniels Band, we played with the Rolling Stones years ago in Memphis, in the afternoon and flew down to Austin, Texas, that night and worked the Willie Nelson picnic.

2. Michelle Santiago:

   We have a home security system so I pulled up the videos, i could see the FedEx driver drop the package off around 3 o'clock that afternoon in one video and in( a following) video this woman walks up and takes it less than 5 minutes later.

3. Brian Battle:

   He's not closed the door and shunned them. He wants a new deal. The door is open to try again, which is probably less harsh than what he could have said, there's going to be speculation around any un-measurable risk and political risk is un-measurable. This afternoon will be the real effect now he's made the statement.

4. Ken Guidry:

   If it wouldn’t be for my levees, an afternoon shower would wash in my house, i did it with no permits, that’s why they are coming after me now.

5. Scott Morrison:

   ( Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP, File) Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Zhaos tweet was utterly outrageous and a terrible slur against Australias military. It is truly repugnant. It is deeply offensive to every Australian, every Australian who has served in that uniform, he told reporters in Canberra. The Chinese government should be totally ashamed of this post. The Chinese government diminishes them in the worlds eyes. CHINESE STUDENTS IN AUSTRALIA FALL VICTIM TO VIRTUAL KIDNAPPING SCAMS : Prime Minister Scott Morrison said The Chinese government had contacted Twitter asking it to take the post down. The post had a warning tag on it by Monday afternoon but could still be viewed. Zhaos account comes with a Twitter label stating that its a Chinese government account. Despite China blocking Twitter and other U.S. social media platforms within the county, Chinese diplomats and state media have established a strong presence on them. Zhao Lijian was criticized by the U.S. in March after tweeting a conspiracy theory that U.S. soldiers may have brought the coronavirus to China. Zhao Lijian is considered a leading representative of Chinas high-pitched new strain of assertive foreign relations. Prime Minister Scott Morrison acknowledged there were tensions between China and Australia. But this is not how you deal with them.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=afternoon
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Afternoon
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=afternoon
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/afternoon
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=afternoon
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=afternoon
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=afternoon