EVENING
Dictionary entry overview: What does evening mean?
• EVENING (noun)
The noun EVENING has 3 senses:
1. the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
2. a later concluding time period
3. the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way
Familiarity information: EVENING used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• EVENING (noun)
Meaning:
The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
even; evening; eventide; eve
Context example:
he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
Hypernyms ("evening" is a kind of...):
day; daylight; daytime (the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside)
Meronyms (parts of "evening"):
sundown; sunset (the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon)
crepuscle; crepuscule; dusk; evenfall; fall; gloam; gloaming; nightfall; twilight (the time of day immediately following sunset)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "evening"):
guest night (an evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guests)
Meaning:
A later concluding time period
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context example:
it was the evening of the Roman Empire
Hypernyms ("evening" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Meaning:
The early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context example:
an evening at the opera
Hypernyms ("evening" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Holonyms ("evening" is a part of...):
dark; night; nighttime (the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside)
