Added 9 October 2026
evening
/ˈiːv.nɪŋ/ noun
In Latin: vesper, vespera Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about evening at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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The time of day between afternoon and night.
Toward evening, there was heavy rain.
- 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.
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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.
verb
- present participle and gerund of even
verb
- present participle and gerund of evene
Origin
From Middle English evening, evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian (“to become evening”), from ǣfen (“eve”) (from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even + -ing.
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