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evening

Pronunciation: /ˈiːv.nɪŋ/

The English word “evening” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The time of day between afternoon and night.
  2. 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.
  3. A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
  4. A party or gathering held in the evening.

Etymology

From Middle English evening, evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian (“to become evening”), from ǣfen (“eve”) (from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even + -ing.

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