Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)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.

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

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

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Paul Ryan:

   It's not coming up this afternoon.

2. Swedish Proverb:

   The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.

3. Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh:

   We will sign an agreement with Total (this) afternoon.

4. Jochen Flasbarth:

   I am very relieved, we have created a big success this afternoon.

5. Jerry Coleman:

   Billy Almon has all of his inlaw and outlaws here this afternoon.

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