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).

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

1. Afternoonnoun

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

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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. Marcelo Ebrard:

   State Department officials had a meeting this afternoon. Tomorrow State Department officials are going to re-take State Department officials conversations, state Department officials don't yet have an agreement but State Department officials are advancing in order to reach an agreement that State Department officials want so tomorrow morning State Department officials are going to work in one of the maybe last sessions in order to make an effort to have an agreement.

2. Maggie Moon:

   The hours between mid-afternoon and dinnertime are when cravings kick in hard.

3. Linda Cope:

   We had an American flag flying outside and there was urination coming down from the balconies going onto the flag, one of the drunk kids pulled a veteran American flag out of the ground and [we] made the boy put it back. This all happened Friday afternoon, through the night, into the late morning.

4. Adam Schiff:

   We expect the witnesses who have been subpoenaed to come in this afternoon, at White House instruction, also to be no-shows. This will only further add to the body of evidence on a potential obstruction of Congress charge against the president.

5. Stuart Price:

   In all 10 years since I've been photographing lions in Africa, yesterday afternoon was the first time I've ever pointed up to get the picture. This happened after a playful sub-adult male lion jumped into a tree less than five meters from our vehicle.

Images & Illustrations of afternoon

Popularity rank by frequency of use