About The Word Evening

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Evening

Evening Meaning & Definition
Evening Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Evening?

[n] the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
[n] the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera"
[n] a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Evening: eve | eventide

Related Terms | Find terms related to Evening: accommodation | adjustment | afternoon | balancing | close of day | cockshut | coordination | crepuscular | dimpsy | dusk | duskiness | duskness | dusky | equalization | equalizing | equating | equation | equilibration | eve | even | evening up | evensong | eventide | gloaming | grayness | harmonization | integration | nightfall | party | reception | regularization | salon | setting sun | shut of day | soiree | sundown | sunset | sunsetty | symmetrization | the expiring day | twilight | twilighty | vesper | vespertine

See Also | dark | day | daylight | daytime | dusk | evenfall | fall | gloaming | guest night | night | nightfall | nighttime | period | period of time | sundown | sunset | time period | twilight

Evening In Webster's Dictionary

\E"ven*ing\, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See {even}, n., and cf. {Eve}.] 1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum. In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose. --Milton. Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the United States, the afternoon is called evening. --Bartlett. 2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory. Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. ``Evening Prayer.'' --Shak. {Evening flower} (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants ({Hesperantha}) from the Cape of Good Hope, with sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which expand in the evening. {Evening grosbeak} (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird ({Coccothraustes vespertina}) having a very large bill. Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called because it sings in the evening. {Evening primrose}. See under {Primrose}. {The evening star}, the bright star of early evening in the western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically, the planet Venus; -- called also {Vesper} and {Hesperus}. During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are also evening stars. See {Morning Star}.

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