evening
Definitions
- late
- The time of day between afternoon and night.
- The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.
- A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
- afternoon
- A party or gathering held in the evening.
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
Equivalents
Examples
“Toward evening, there was heavy rain⟳.”
“I met my wife on a summer's evening in 1999.”
“Energy has seldom been found where we need⟳ it when we want⟳ it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy⟳ a meal around a campfire, had to collect⟳ wood and then spend⟳ time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn⟳ grist into meal.”
“At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own⟳ select⟳ circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.”
“That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like⟳ him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make⟳ not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.”
“It was the evening of the Roman Empire.”
“The latter [locomotive] had worked on the Hampton Court branch for many years, and was spending the evening of its life in the West Country.”
“A few Gorllewin Cymru/West Wales Branch members attended an evening at the Dragon Hotel, Swansea, titled Photographic Techniques in Industry.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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