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

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

1. afternoon(noun)

   the part of the day between noon and evening

   "he spent a quiet afternoon in the park"

2. good afternoon, afternoon(noun)

   a conventional expression of greeting or farewell

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. afternoon(Noun)

   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).

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

1. Afternoon(noun)

   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  

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

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. House Speaker John Boehner:

   While the president's Iran deal may have been applauded at the United Nations, I think he faces serious skepticism here at home, let me just assure you that members of Congress will ask much tougher questions this afternoon when we meet with the president's team, because a bad deal threatens the security of the American people.

2. Mirta Rinaldi:

   Everything is done together, there is an amazing interaction. By the end of the afternoon, it's like having five new friends.

3. Bienvenido Santiago:

   The INC and the government have met and in this discussion, the two parties have explained their sides and so it is all peaceful now, this peaceful gathering that we started on Thursday afternoon will end also peacefully this Monday morning.

4. Gabriel Sakellaridis:

   The aim is for the negotiating team on technical issues to finalize a proposal which will be taken to the euro working group at noon on Monday and then in the afternoon to the Eurogroup to find a solution.

5. John F. Kennedy:

   The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose plant it this afternoon'

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