evening
Meaning of evening
- the period of time at the end of the day, usually from about 6 p.m. to bedtime.
it was seven o'clock in the evening
the evening meal
- in the evening; every evening.
Saturday evenings he invariably fell asleep
exclamation
short for good evening.
Old English ǣfnung ‘dusk falling, the time around sunset’, from ǣfnian ‘approach evening’, from ǣfen (see even2).
verb, gerund or present participle- make or become even.
she cut the hair again to even up the ends
it's not exactly revenge I want, but I'd like things evened up
thereafter prices evened out
Old English efen (adjective), efne (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch even, effen and German eben .
Information about evening
- The plural form of evening is: evenings.
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Hyphenation of evening
evening
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- evening is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
evening synonyms
Meaning eve:
Meaning the period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours:
Meaning the period of the evening when twilight is visible, between daylight and darkness:
Meaning the darker stage of twilight:
Meaning the onset of night; dusk:
Meaning the time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades:
Meaning the onset of evening; dusk:
Meaning twilight; dusk:
Meaning make or become flat or flatter:
Meaning make (something, especially a score in sport) equal or similar:
Meaning give (something) a flat, regular surface or appearance:
Meaning (of a bird or an airborne object) soar without moving the wings; glide:
Meaning make the same in quantity, size, or degree throughout a place or group:
Meaning put (something) in a steady position so that it does not fall:
Meaning make the score of (a match or game) even:
Meaning cause (something) to conform to a standard:
Meaning make (something) regular:
Meaning counteract or equal the effect or importance of; balance:
evening antonyms
Meaning the period of time between midnight and noon, especially from sunrise to noon:
Translation of evening
- Spanish: tarde, crepúsculo
- German: Abend
- French: soir, soirée, crépuscule
- Portuguese: noite, tarde
- Italian: sera, crepuscolo
Anagrams of evening
Words that rhyme with evening
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