afternoon
The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
Other meanings
The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.
A party or social event held in the afternoon.
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "afternone".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “afternoon” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.