evening.
The time of day between afternoon and night.
Meaning & usage
The time of day between afternoon and night.
Toward evening, there was heavy rain.
I met my wife on a summer's evening in 1999.
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.
It was the evening of the Roman Empire.
A party or gathering held in the evening.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ Old English ǣfen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *-ōjan Old English -ian Old English ǣfnian Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Old English ǣfnung Middle English evening English evening 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.
present participle and gerund of even
Where this word comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
present participle and gerund of evene
Where this word comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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