evening

Meanings

Noun

• The time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark.
• 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.
• A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
• A party or gathering held in the evening.

Verb

• Present participle of even
• Present participle of evene

Origin

• From Middle English evening, evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian < ǣfen (from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even + -ing.
• Inflected forms.
• Inflected forms.