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Definition 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 [as modifier]:the evening meal
an evening characterized by a particular event or activity:some pubs hold Irish music evenings
[as modifier] prescribed by fashion as suitable for relatively formal social events held in the evening:a couple in evening dress

(evenings) informal in the evening; every evening:Saturday evenings he invariably fell asleep

informal

Origin:

Old English ǣfnung 'dusk falling, the time around sunset', from ǣfnian 'approach evening', from ǣfen (see even²)

Definition of evening in the US English dictionary

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