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evening

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \ˈēv-niŋ\
    • /ˈiːvnɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \ˈēv-niŋ\

Definitions of evening word

  • noun evening The period of time at the end of the day, usually from about 6 p.m. to bedtime. 1
  • noun evening late day and early night 1
  • noun evening light: twilight 1
  • noun evening before nightfall: on given day 1
  • noun evening period of decline 1
  • variable noun evening The evening is the part of each day between the end of the afternoon and the time when you go to bed. 0
See all 17 definitions of evening

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Parts of speech for Evening

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Evening

evening popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for evening

adjective evening

  • nightly — coming or occurring each night: his nightly walk to the newsstand.
  • part-time — employed to work, used, expected to function, etc., less than the usual or full time: a part-time clerk.
  • late — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
  • night — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

noun evening

  • twilight — the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall.
  • sunset — the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
  • dusk — the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
  • nightfall — the coming of night; the end of daylight; dusk.
  • sundown — sunset, especially the time of sunset.
All 19 Synonyms of evening

Antonyms for evening

noun evening

  • morning — the first part or period of the day, extending from dawn, or from midnight, to noon.
  • daybreak — Daybreak is the time in the morning when light first appears.
  • sunrise — a city in SE Florida.
All 3 Antonyms of evening

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