Evening
['iːv(ə)nɪŋ] or ['ivnɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); 'he enjoyed the evening light across the lake'.
(noun.) the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; 'an evening at the opera'.
(noun.) a later concluding time period; 'it was the evening of the Roman Empire'.
Typist: Morton--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Even
(n.) The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum.
(n.) The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory.
Typist: Murray
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Eve, even, eventide, nightfall, dusk, twilight, close of the day, fall of day, decline of day, going down of the sun.
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Definition
n. the close of the daytime: the decline or end of life: an evening party or gathering.—ns. Ev′enfall early evening twilight; Eve′ning-dress the dress worn by ladies and gentlemen at evening parties; Eve′ning-prim′rose a species of Œnothera native of Virginia but now naturalised in many parts of Europe on river-banks in thickets &c.—eaten after dinner it incites to wine-drinking; Eve′ning star applied to Venus when seen in the west setting soon after the sun; Ev′ensong evening prayer the Anglican form appointed to be said or sung at evening: the time proper for such; Ev′entide the time of evening evening.
Editor: Sasha
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that evening is about you, denotes unrealized hopes, and you will make unfortunate ventures. To see stars shining out clear, denotes present distress, but brighter fortune is behind your trouble. For lovers to walk in the evening, denotes separation by the death of one.
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Examples
- He thought no more of the matter until he heard in the evening of the tragedy that had occurred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Heaven and Evening gazed back on her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mr Wegg nods to the face, 'Good evening. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I felt I might, without indelicacy, because the evening she dined with us she rather suggested . Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Good evening, Mr Venus. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But he came regularly every evening and sat without his coat, with his head against the wall, as though he would have helped us if he had known how. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Whereas, it must be evident to yourself, as it is to me, that you have been this evening very different from what you were before. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- That evening, of course, Celia knew nothing of what had happened. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I did not arrive here till Tuesday evening. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She enjoyed herself very much that evening, for she danced to her heart's content. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr. Wopsle, as the ill-requited uncle of the evening's tragedy, fell to meditating aloud in his garden at Camberwell. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But what did you hear about her second attack of faintness yesterday evening? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Why, the house is closed--Judy telephoned me from Bellomont this evening. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But I had acted enough for one evening; it was time I retired into myself and my ordinary life. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The scene of that afternoon was repeated that evening, and on the three afternoons and evenings next ensuing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Stay here and dine, stay here and help us to spend our last evening with you as happily, as like our first evenings, as we can. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The excursionists danced, on three separate evenings, long, long ago, (it seems an age. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Draw your chair up and hand me my violin, for the only problem we have still to solve is how to while away these bleak autumnal evenings. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Semites had no long winter evenings and no bardic singing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But the evenings were rather difficult to fill up agreeably. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- To conceal from my friends the stinted manner in which I lived, I was in the habit of bringing my food to my room in the evenings, and this was my mode of life for many years. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I might look in there now; the Fisher evenings are amusing. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Not only that evening, but for several succeeding evenings, Clennam was quite charmed by this investigation. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- After dinner we played at cards; and, when we had concluded one of the most stupid evenings possible, Worcester and I took our leave. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It was one of those summer evenings when there is no greater darkness than a long twilight. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I wish you could tell me of some secret plan that would help me to keep him home at my will in the evenings. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- There was little profit in trying to grow much cotton at such a rate, and most of the cotton picking was done by the negroes in the evenings, when the harder labor of the fields was finished. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- They were a wretched waste of the evenings; and now, when he had talked a little more to Rosamond, he meant to excuse himself and go. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- There must be a sort of shyness; but I cannot recollect that our evenings formerly were ever merry, except when my uncle was in town. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
Checker: Maryann