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DictionaryeveningLater part of the day
noun

evening

EEV-ning/ˈiːvnɪŋ/

The part of the day between afternoon and night.

The evening sun touches the horizon as lights glow in the house's windows.

A quiet sunset landscape: the sun touches the horizon, a warm orange glow lingers beneath a cooling blue sky, and long shadows cross the foreground while a small house has softly lit windows.
Etymology
evenOld Englishbecome evening
+ingOld Englishaction or process

The verb “become evening” and its noun ending originally named the coming of evening around sunset. The word came to name the period itself, from sunset toward bedtime.

In context

Sleepless Historian100:08
As evening approaches, and another day inside the 1800s household moves toward its end, the maid's journey is still not complete.
The Untold MORNING Routine of 1800s Maids। Sleepless Historian

More examples

  • We spent the evening playing cards.
  • The store closes early on Sunday evenings.
  • Her train arrives tomorrow evening.

Forms

evening · evenings

Similar words

dusk
Specifically the dim period around sunset rather than the whole evening.
night
Night usually follows evening and extends through the hours of darkness.