evening

About 51.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The time of day between afternoon and night.

   Toward evening, there was heavy rain.

2. noun 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.
3. noun 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.

4. noun A party or gathering held in the evening.
5. verb present participle and gerund of even
6. verb present participle and gerund of evene

Similar words

eventide eve morning afternoon nightfall midnight noon nighttime tonight night

Often followed by

of and in post at the to i with

Word family

evenings