afternoon

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  1. noun The part of day from noon until sunset.
  2. noun The latter part: in the afternoon of life.

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  • Fortunately, the afternoon was a little brighter and I was able to drive round the M25 and in to North Greenwich in time to catch the tube to the Good Counsel Network where I was giving Benediction. —  The hermeneutic of continuity
  • I gotta sword fight at ten, a lunch with Dame Krutchen at noon, and my afternoon is all tai chi, fang sway, and doin 'some laundry. —  Ecstatic Days
  • A snippet of a statement overheard while watching TV this afternoon is all Khoa Pham needed to remind him to get out and vote. —  Reflector - Latest Headlines from The Daily Reflector
  • But one thing in Newcastle's favor this afternoon will be the atmosphere and the fantastic crowd at Newcastle, as 52,000 screaming Geordies can make the difference, and they all know 3 points is what we really need in every single game we go into from now until the end of the season. —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
  • The rest of the afternoon was a perfect, lazy affair with an orchestra brought out to play for those who were sticking around. —  Glide Magazine - Music :: Culture :: Life
 

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  1. from Middle English afternon, orig. preposition phr. after nonc: see after, prep., and noon.
 

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