EVENING

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• 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)