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evening

noun
/ˈiːv.nɪŋ/UK/ˈiv.nɪŋ/US/ˈiːvənɪŋ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ Old English ǣfen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *-ōjan Old English -ian Old English ǣfnian Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Old English ǣfnung Middle English evening English evening From Middle English evening, evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian (“to become evening”), from ǣfen (“eve”) (from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even + -ing.

  1. derived from *ēbanþs✻
  2. derived from *ābanþ✻
  3. inherited from ǣfnung
  4. inherited from evening,evenyng

Definitions

  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…

    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. A concluding time period

    A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.

    • It was the evening of the Roman Empire.
    • The latter [locomotive] had worked on the Hampton Court branch for many years, and was spending the evening of its life in the West Country.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A party or gathering held in the evening.

      • A few Gorllewin Cymru/West Wales Branch members attended an evening at the Dragon Hotel, Swansea, titled Photographic Techniques in Industry.

    2. present participle and gerund of even

    3. present participle and gerund of evene

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Derived

bigfruit evening primrose, evening bat, evening cicada, evening class, evening dress, evening-dressed, eveninger, eveningful, evening glove, evening gown, evening-gowned, evening grosbeak, evening gun, eveningless, eveninglike, eveningness, evening newspaper, evening out, evening prayer, evening primrose, evening primrose oil, evening school, evening-snow, evening star, evening tea, eveningtide, evening trumpet flower, evening walk, eveningwear, evening wrap, family home evening, good evening, lady of the evening, midevening, Missouri evening primrose, open evening, parents' evening, this evening, yesterevening

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at evening. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at evening. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at evening

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA