What does evening mean?
Definitions for evening
ˈiv nɪŋevening
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word evening.
Princeton's WordNet
evening, eve, even, eventidenoun
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
"he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
eveningnoun
a later concluding time period
"it was the evening of the Roman Empire"
eveningnoun
the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way
"an evening at the opera"
Webster Dictionary
Evening
of Even
Eveningnoun
the latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum
Eveningnoun
the latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory
Etymology: [AS. fnung. See even, n., and cf. Eve.]
Freebase
Evening
Evening in its primary meaning is the period of the day between afternoon and night. Though the term is subjective, evening is typically understood to begin a few hours before sunset, when temperatures begin to fall, and lasts until just after nightfall, when complete darkness has been reached. In layman's terms, the evening can range anywhere from four o'clock to nine. In the vernacular of at least parts of the rural Southern United States and in some British dialects, "evening" is used to mean "afternoon", as the main meal of the day, dinner, traditionally has occurred at midday. While the exact meaning of the word in this sense is subject to interpretation, "evening" in the South usually has been thought of as beginning at about noon and extending roughly until sunset or suppertime.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Evening
ēv′ning, n. the close of the daytime: the decline or end of life: an evening party or gathering.—ns. Ev′enfall, early evening, twilight; Eve′ning-dress, the dress worn by ladies and gentlemen at evening parties; Eve′ning-prim′rose, a species of Œnothera, native of Virginia, but now naturalised in many parts of Europe on river-banks, in thickets, &c.—eaten after dinner it incites to wine-drinking; Eve′ning star, applied to Venus, when seen in the west setting soon after the sun; Ev′ensong, evening prayer, the Anglican form appointed to be said or sung at evening: the time proper for such; Ev′entide, the time of evening, evening. [A.S. ǽfnung, from ǽfen, even.]
Editors Contribution
evening
A specific known time of day.
Summer evenings are beautiful to be outdoors listening to the birds in the garden.
Submitted by MaryC on April 5, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'evening' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #731
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'evening' in Written Corpus Frequency: #766
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'evening' in Nouns Frequency: #260
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of evening in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of evening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of evening in a Sentence
A recent study showed on ABC evening news, Trump over a period of time got 81 minutes of time. Bernie Sanders got 20 seconds, now, you tell me why.
We finally had a phone call scheduled for 7 o'clock Eastern this evening, we got on the phone, and only the minority party showed, so, feels like there's a lot of game-playing that's going on right now by the majority party.
I really didn't think I had my' A' game, i know a lot of people will probably say,' you won so you must have', but there were phone calls to my coach on Thursday evening, Friday evening, Saturday evening, all saying,' what do I do ?' .
You want people to get drawn to the deck and really come out and enjoy it in the evening or weekend, that’s when the design is a success.
In the evening (our) outlets work, In the morning, a new bank is opened and just the name is changed to RNCB Bank.
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- aandAfrikaans
- مساءArabic
- axşamAzerbaijani
- увечар, вечарBelarusian
- вечерBulgarian
- সন্ধ্যাBengali
- vespre, tardaCatalan, Valencian
- суьйреChechen
- soumrak, večerCzech
- noswaith, noson, hwyrWelsh
- aftenDanish
- AbendGerman
- δειλινό, εσπέρα, βράδυGreek
- vesperoEsperanto
- tarde, crepúsculo, nocheSpanish
- õhtuEstonian
- شب, ایوار, عصر, شامPersian
- iltaFinnish
- aftan, kvøldFaroese
- soir, crépuscule, soiréeFrench
- jûntiid, jûnWestern Frisian
- tráthnónaIrish
- feasgarScottish Gaelic
- fastyrManx
- ערבHebrew
- विकाल, शामHindi
- esteHungarian
- իրիկուն, երեկոArmenian
- vesperoIdo
- kveld, kvöld, aftannIcelandic
- seraItalian
- 夜, 晩年, 夕方, 日暮れJapanese
- საღამოGeorgian
- unnukKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ល្ងាចKhmer
- 저녁Korean
- vesperLatin
- ຍາມແລງLao
- vakarasLithuanian
- vakars, rietsLatvian
- harivaMalagasy
- ahiahiMāori
- вечерMacedonian
- үдэшMongolian
- petangMalay
- għaxija, filgħaxijaMaltese
- ညနေခင်းBurmese
- avondDutch
- kveldNorwegian
- iʼííʼą́Navajo, Navaho
- soir, ser, seirOccitan
- zmierzch, wieczórPolish
- tarde, anoitecerPortuguese
- sera, seira, sairaRomansh
- searăRomanian
- закат жизни, вечер, ве́черRussian
- सायंकाल, संध्याSanskrit
- sero, seraSardinian
- је̏се̄н, veče, jesen, вечер, вече, večerSerbo-Croatian
- večerSlovak
- večérSlovene
- maneruShona
- mbrëmjeAlbanian
- kväll, aftonSwedish
- jioniSwahili
- సాయంకాలం, సాయంత్రంTelugu
- เย็นThai
- agşamTurkmen
- suare, akşamTurkish
- ئاخشامUyghur, Uighur
- вечірUkrainian
- شام, وكالUrdu
- oqshomUzbek
- buổi chiều, buổi tốiVietnamese
- soarVolapük
- אָוונטYiddish
- 晚Chinese
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