evening

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English

Alternative forms

• ev'ning (obsolete)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: ēv'nĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈiːvnɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈivnɪŋ/

Noun

evening (countable and uncountable, plural evenings)

1. 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.
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. (figuratively) 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.

Synonyms

• (time of day): eve, eventide; see also Thesaurus:evening

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Related terms

• eve
• even

Translations

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ē'vənĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈiːvənɪŋ/

Verb

evening

1. present participle and gerund of even

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

evening

1. present participle and gerund of evene

Anagrams

• eevning

Dutch

Etymology

From evenen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.və.nɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: eve‧ning

Noun

evening f (plural eveningen)

1. (obsolete) levelling, equalisation, act or process of making or becoming even or equal
2. (obsolete) equinox

   Synonyms: dag-en-nachtevening, equinox, nachtevening

Derived terms

• dag-en-nachtevening
• nachtevening