evening

noun
ēv'nĭng

The time of day between afternoon and night.

Example

“Toward evening, there was heavy rain.”

Other meanings

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.
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.”

Example sentences

“The tropical breeze made the evening even more pleasant.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“I'll let you know by this evening at the latest.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old English "ǣfnung".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “evening” 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.