1. evening(n = noun.time) eve, even, eventide - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
is a kind of day, daylight, daytime
has parts: sundown, sunset, crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight
has particulars: guest night
2. evening(n = noun.time) Array - a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire"
is a kind of period, period of time, time period
3. evening(n = noun.time) Array - the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera"
is a kind of period, period of time, time period
is a part of dark, night, nighttime
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 sun. [1913 Webster]
" Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the United States, the afternoon is called evening." Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
"In the ascending scale
Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose." [1913 Webster]
2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory. [1913 Webster]
" Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. “Evening Prayer.”" Shak. [1913 Webster]
evening, n. & int.
--n.
1 the end part of the day, esp. from about 6 p.m. to bedtime (this evening; during the evening; evening meal).
2 this time spent in a particular way (had a lively evening).
3 a time compared with this, esp. the last part of a person's life.
--int. = good evening (see GOOD adj. 14).
Idiom:
evening dress formal dress for evening wear. evening primrose any plant of the genus Oenothera with pale yellow flowers that open in the evening. evening star a planet, esp. Venus, conspicuous in the west after sunset.
Etymology:
OE {aelig}fnung, rel. to EVEN(2)
N evening, eve, decline of day, fall of day, close of day, candlelight, candlelighting, eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour, sunset, sundown, going down of the sun, cock-shut, dewy eve, gloaming, bedtime, afternoon, postmeridian, p, m, autumn, fall, fall of the leaf, autumnal equinox, Indian summer, St. Luke's summer, St. Martin's summer, midnight, dead of night, witching hour, witching hour of night, witching time of night, winter, killing time, vespertine, autumnal, nocturnal, midnight, the outpost of advancing day, sable-vested Night, this gorgeous arch with golden worlds inlay'd.
common evening primrose, evening bag, evening clothes, evening dress, evening gown, evening grosbeak, evening lychnis, evening prayer, evening primrose, evening shift, evening shirt, evening star, evening trumpet flower, this evening