evening

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Every evening, as soon as Mr. Thorold's engagements allowed it, he met me on the avenue, and we walked until the evening was as far spent as we durst spend it so.

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  1. noun The period of decreasing daylight between afternoon and night.
  2. noun The period between sunset or the evening meal and bedtime: a quiet evening at home.
  3. noun A later period or time: in the evening of one's life.
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  • The main course for the evening is a tender baked chicken breast seasoned with black-olive pesto and sun-dried tomato served over al dente fettuccine. —  Arbiter Online
  • The top achievers for the evening were as follows: —  Screen News
  • Her speech writer for the evening was a former REAGAN writer who helped pen some of that great president's best and most memorable speeches. —  ModerateVoters.org
  • Concluding the evening is German composer Max Bruch's —  California Chronicle
  • The entertainment for the evening is acted out in front of their new "friends" Nick and Honey, played by Doug Landin and Molly Healy. —  news | SH | http://www.heraldtribune.com
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

afternoon ·  twilight ·  sunshine ·  holiday ·  companionship ·  picnic ·  entertainment ·  weekend ·  weather ·  walk ·  interlude ·  stillness

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evening:   even ·  evened ·  evens
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  1. Middle English, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian, to become evening, from ǣfen, evening.

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  1. from Middle English evening, evenyng, from Anglo-Saxon ǣfnung (rare), evening, from ǣfen, even, + -ung, English -ing: see even and -ing.
 

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