Definitions for evening
ˈiv nɪŋevening

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. evening, eve, even, eventide(noun)

   the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

   "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"

2. evening(noun)

   a later concluding time period

   "it was the evening of the Roman Empire"

3. evening(noun)

   the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way

   "an evening at the opera"

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Evening

   of Even

2. Evening(noun)

   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

3. Evening(noun)

   the latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory

Origin: [AS. fnung. See even, n., and cf. Eve.]

Freebase(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'evening' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #731

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'evening' in Written Corpus Frequency: #766

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'evening' in Nouns Frequency: #260

How to pronounce evening?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say evening in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of evening in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of evening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of evening in a Sentence

1. Eric Omare:

   They were released on Wednesday evening.

2. David Bennett:

   Overall, it was an extraordinary evening.

3. Ranko Krivokapic:

   The security committee will meet this evening.

4. Charnthep Sesawej:

   We want them to stop gathering by this evening.

5. Sinclair Lewis:

   What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.

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