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eve·ning
(ēv′nĭng)n.
1. The period of decreasing daylight between afternoon and night.
2. The period between sunset or the evening meal and bedtime: a quiet evening at home.
3. A later period or time: in the evening of one's life.
4. Chiefly Southern US The time from noon to twilight.
[Middle English, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian, to become evening, from ǣfen, evening.]
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evening
(ˈiːvnɪŋ)n
1. the latter part of the day, esp from late afternoon until nightfall
2. the latter or concluding period: the evening of one's life.
3. the early part of the night spent in a specified way: an evening at the theatre.
4. an entertainment, meeting, or reception held in the early part of the night
5. dialect Southern US and Brit the period between noon and sunset
6. (modifier) of, used, or occurring in the evening: the evening papers.
[Old English ǣfnung; related to Old Frisian ēvend, Old High German āband]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
eve•ning
(ˈiv nɪŋ)n.
1. the latter part of the day and early part of the night.
2. the period from sunset to bedtime.
3. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. the time between noon and sunset, including the afternoon and twilight.
4. any concluding or declining period.
5. an evening's reception or entertainment.
adj. 6. of or pertaining to evening.
7. occurring or seen in the evening.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English ǣfnung=ǣfn(ian) draw toward evening (derivative of ǣfen even2)]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
evening
- Its Old English base meant "grow towards night," as evening extends from sunset to dark.See also related terms for sunset.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
evening
The evening is the part of each day between the end of the afternoon and the time when you go to bed.
1. the present day
You refer to the evening of the present day as this evening.
Come and have dinner with me this evening.
I came here this evening because I wanted to be on my own.
You can refer to the evening of the previous day as yesterday evening, but it is more common to say last night.
'So you saw me in King Street yesterday evening?' – 'Yes.'
I met your husband last night.
I've been thinking about what we said last night.
You refer to the evening of the next day as tomorrow evening or tomorrow night.
Gerald's giving a little party tomorrow evening.
Will you be home in time for dinner tomorrow night?
2. single events in the past
If you want to say that something happened during a particular evening in the past, you use on.
She telephoned Ida on Tuesday evening.
On the evening after the party, Dirk went to see Erik.
If you have been describing what happened during a particular day, you can say that something happened that evening or in the evening.
That evening the children asked me to watch television with them.
He came back in the evening.
If you are talking about a day in the past and you want to mention that something had happened during the evening of the day before, you say that it had happened the previous evening or the evening before.
Douglas had spent the previous evening at a hotel.
Freya opened the gift Beth had given her the evening before.
If you want to say that something happened during the evening of the next day, you say that it happened the following evening.
Mopani arrived at their house the following evening.
I told Patricia that I would take her for dinner the following evening.
3. talking about the future
If you want to say that something will happen during a particular evening in the future, you use on.
The winning project will be announced on Monday evening.
I will write to her on Sunday evening.
If you are already talking about a day in the future, you can say that something will happen in the evening.
The school sports day will be on June 22 with prizegiving in the evening.
4. regular events
If something happens regularly every evening, you say that it happens in the evening or in the evenings.
In the evening I like to iron my clothes as this is one less job for the morning.
And what do you do in the evenings?
In American English, evenings does not require 'in' or 'on'.
I like to go out evenings with friends.
If you want to say that something happens regularly once a week during a particular evening, you use on followed by the name of the day and evenings.
He plays chess on Monday evenings.
We would all gather there on Friday evenings.
American English does not require 'on'.
Friday evenings he visited with his father.
5. exact times
If you have mentioned an exact time and you want to make it clear that you are talking about the evening rather than the morning, you add in the evening.
He arrived about six in the evening.
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Noun 1. [画像:evening - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)]evening - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
daylight, daytime, day - the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"
guest night - an evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guests
2. evening - a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire"
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
3. evening - the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera"
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
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evening
noun dusk (archaic), night, sunset, twilight, sundown, eve, vesper (archaic), eventide (archaic or poetic), gloaming (Scot. or poetic), e'en (archaic or poetic), close of day, crepuscule, even Finally towards late evening the carnival entered its final stage.
Quotations
"It is a beauteous evening, calm and free,"
"The holy time is quiet as a nun,"
"Breathless with adoration" [William Wordsworth It is a Beauteous Evening]
"The curfew tolls the knell of passing day" [Thomas Gray Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard]
"Let us go then, you and I"
"When the evening is spread out against the sky"
"Like a patient etherized upon a table" [T.S. Eliot Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock]
"It is a beauteous evening, calm and free,"
"The holy time is quiet as a nun,"
"Breathless with adoration" [William Wordsworth It is a Beauteous Evening]
"The curfew tolls the knell of passing day" [Thomas Gray Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard]
"Let us go then, you and I"
"When the evening is spread out against the sky"
"Like a patient etherized upon a table" [T.S. Eliot Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
evening
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
مَساء في الجُزْءِ الأخير، المَرْحَلَه الأخيرَه
večer
aftenlivsaften
vespero
õhtu
ilta
večerjesen
élet: az élet alkonyaeste
ævikvöld; lokaskeiîkvöld
晩
저녁
saulėlydisvakarinė suknelėvakariniai rūbaivakarinis
vakarsvakara-
večerný
večer
kväll
เย็นเวลาเย็น
akşam ömrün son yılları
buổi tối
evening
[ˈiːvnɪŋ]A. N (before dark) → tarde f; (after dark) → noche f
in the evening → por la tarde/noche
this evening → esta tarde/noche
tomorrow/yesterday evening → mañana/ayer por la tarde/noche
on Sunday evening → el domingo por la tarde/noche
evening was coming on → estaba atardeciendo/anocheciendo
she spends her evenings knitting → pasa las tardes haciendo punto
good evening! (early) → ¡buenas tardes!; (after sunset) → ¡buenas noches!
in the evening → por la tarde/noche
this evening → esta tarde/noche
tomorrow/yesterday evening → mañana/ayer por la tarde/noche
on Sunday evening → el domingo por la tarde/noche
evening was coming on → estaba atardeciendo/anocheciendo
she spends her evenings knitting → pasa las tardes haciendo punto
good evening! (early) → ¡buenas tardes!; (after sunset) → ¡buenas noches!
B. CPD evening class N → clase f nocturna
evening dress N (woman's) → traje m de noche ; (man's) → traje m de etiqueta
in evening dress (man, woman) → vestido/a de etiqueta
evening fixture N (Sport) → partido m por la noche
evening institute N → escuela f nocturna
evening match N = evening fixture evening paper N → periódico m de la tarde, vespertino m
evening performance N (Theat) → función f de noche
evening prayers NPL = evening service evening service N (Rel) → vísperas fpl, misa f vespertina
evening star N → estrella f de Venus
evening dress N (woman's) → traje m de noche ; (man's) → traje m de etiqueta
in evening dress (man, woman) → vestido/a de etiqueta
evening fixture N (Sport) → partido m por la noche
evening institute N → escuela f nocturna
evening match N = evening fixture evening paper N → periódico m de la tarde, vespertino m
evening performance N (Theat) → función f de noche
evening prayers NPL = evening service evening service N (Rel) → vísperas fpl, misa f vespertina
evening star N → estrella f de Venus
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
evening
[ˈiːvnɪŋ] n
modif [meeting] → en soirée ; [flight] → du soir evening mealevening class n → cours m du soir
to go to an evening class → prendre des cours du soir evening dress n
to go to an evening class → prendre des cours du soir evening dress n
(woman's) → robe f de soirée, robe f du soir
in an evening dress [woman] → en robe du soir, en robe de soirée evening gown n → robe f de soirée evening meal n → dîner mevening paper n → journal m du soir evening performance n [play] → représentation f en soirée evening primrose n → onagre fevening primrose oil n → huile f d'onagreevening reception n (at wedding) soirée qui se tient après la cérémonie du mariageevening wear n → tenues fpl de soirée
in an evening dress [woman] → en robe du soir, en robe de soirée evening gown n → robe f de soirée evening meal n → dîner mevening paper n → journal m du soir evening performance n [play] → représentation f en soirée evening primrose n → onagre fevening primrose oil n → huile f d'onagreevening reception n (at wedding) soirée qui se tient après la cérémonie du mariageevening wear n → tenues fpl de soirée
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
evening
n → Abend m; in the evening → abends, am Abend ; this/ tomorrow/yesterday evening → heute/morgen/gestern Abend ; that evening → an jenem Abend ; that evening was ... → jener Abend war ...; on the evening of the twenty-ninth → am Abend des 29., am 29. abends ; one evening as I ... → eines Abends, als ich ...; every Monday evening → jeden Montagabend ; all evening → den ganzen Abend (lang or über); the evening of his life (liter) → sein Lebensabend
evening
:evening class
n → Abendkurs m; to go to or take eveninges or an evening in French → einen Abendkurs in Französisch besuchen
evening dress
evening gown
n → Abendkleid nt
evening meal
n (Brit) → Abendessen nt
evening paper
n → Abendzeitung f
evening star
n → Abendstern m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
evening
[ˈiːvnɪŋ]1. n → sera ; (as duration, event) → serata
in the evening → di sera, la sera
this evening → stasera, questa sera
tomorrow/yesterday evening → domani/ieri sera
on Sunday evening → domenica sera
on the evening of the 30th → la sera del 30
she spends her evenings knitting → trascorre le sue serate a fare la maglia
good evening! → buona sera!
in the evening → di sera, la sera
this evening → stasera, questa sera
tomorrow/yesterday evening → domani/ieri sera
on Sunday evening → domenica sera
on the evening of the 30th → la sera del 30
she spends her evenings knitting → trascorre le sue serate a fare la maglia
good evening! → buona sera!
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
evening
(iːvniŋ) noun1. the part of the day between the afternoon and the night. He leaves the house in the morning and returns in the evening; summer evenings; tomorrow evening; on Tuesday evening; early evening; (also adjective) the evening performance. aand مَساء вечер anoitecer večer(ní) der Abend, Abend-... aften; aften- βράδυ, βραδινός tarde, noche õhtu سرشب؛ شامگاه ilta soir ערב संध्या, शाम večer est(e) sore kvöld sera 夕方 저녁 vakaras, vakarinis vakars; vakara- petang avond kveld, aften wieczór ماښام anoitecer/tardinha seară вечер večer; večerný večer; večeren veče kväll, afton ตอนเย็น akşam 傍晚 вечір شام buổi tối 傍晚
2. the last part (of one's life etc). in the evening of her life. lewensaand في الجُزْءِ الأخير، المَرْحَلَه الأخيرَه край на entardecer doznívání, sklonek der Lebensabend livsaften το τέλος atardecer (elu)õhtu آخرین روزها؛ واپسین لحظات loppu soir בְּעֲרוֹב יְמֵי- अंतिम बेला suton života (az élet) alkonya senja ævikvöld; lokaskeið tramonto 晩年 (인생의) 말년 saulėlydis vakars hari tua avond mot slutten av, livskvelden, på det aller siste schyłek آخرنی ورځ fim/entardecer sfârşit закат súmrak večer sumrak kväll, skymning วาระสุดท้าย ömrün son yılları 晚年 схил віку آخری وقت lúc xế chiều 晚年
evening dress1. clothes worn for formal occasions in the evening. aanddrag لِباس المَساء الرَّسْمي вечерна рокля traje formal večerní šaty die Abendkleidung selskabstøj επίσημο ένδυμα vestido de noche; traje de etiqueta õhturiietus لباس مهمانی های شبانه juhlapuku tenue de soirée תִּלבּוֹשֶת עֶרֶב संध्याकालीन पहने जाने वाली पोशाक večernja haljina estélyi öltözet/ruha pakaian sore kvöldklæðnaður abito da sera 夜会服 이브닝 드레스 vakariniai rūbai vakartērps pakaian formal avondkleding festantrekk, gallaantrekk strój wieczorowy د میلمستیا کالی trajo de noite/traje de gala, traje formal ţinută de seară вечерний туалет večerné šaty večerna obleka večernja odeća högtidsdräkt, frack ชุดที่ใส่ไปงานพิธีการตอนกลางคืน smokin 晚禮服 вечірній туалет; фрак شام میں پر تکلف موقع پر پہنے جانے والا لباس áo dạ hội 晚礼服
2. a formal dress worn by a woman in the evening. aandjapon لِباس المَساء الرَّسْمي للمَرأه официална рокля vestido de noite večerní toaleta das Abendkleid aftenkjole; selskabskjole βραδινό ένδυμα vestido de noche õhtukleit لباس شب iltapuku robe du soir שִׂמלַת עָרָב सायंकाल का वस्त्र večernja toaleta, haljina estélyi ruha gaun malam kvöldkjóll abito/vestito da sera 夜会服 야회복 vakarinė suknelė vakarkleita gaun malam avondjurk aftenkjole wieczorowa suknia رسمی کالی چی په یو خاص محفل کی اغوستل کیږی vestido de noite/?de baile?, de gala? rochie de seară вечернее платье večerná toaleta večerna obleka večernja haljina aftonklänning ชุดราตรี tuvalet, giysi 女晚禮服 вечірня сукня عورتوں کا پر تکلف لباس áo dài nghi lễ 女晚礼服
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evening
→ مَساء večer aften Abend βράδι noche ilta soir večer sera 晩 저녁 avond kveld wieczór noite вечер kväll เวลาเย็น akşam buổi tối 晚间Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
evening
n. tardecita, anochecer, por la noche;
last ___ → ayer por la noche;
this ___ → esta noche.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- Good evening → مَسَاءُ الَـخَيْرِ → Dobrý večer → Godaften → Guten Abend → Καλό βράδυ → Buenas noches → Hyvää iltaa → Bonsoir → Dobra večer → Buonasera → こんばんは → 안녕하세요 → Goedenavond → God kveld → Dobry wieczór → Boa noite → Добрый вечер → God kväll → สายัณห์สวัสดิ์ → İyi akşamlar → Xin chào → 晚上好
- What are you doing this evening? → مَا الَّذِي سَتَفْعَلُهُ هَذا الَـمسَاءَ → Co děláte dnes večer? → Hvad skal du i aften? → Was machen Sie heute Abend? → Τι κάνεις απόψε; → ¿Qué piensa hacer esta noche? → Mitä teet tänä iltana? → Que faites-vous ce soir ? → Što radite večeras? → Cosa fa questa sera? → 今晩のご予定は? → 오늘 저녁에 뭐 하실거예요? → Wat gaat u vanavond doen? → Hva gjør du i kveld? → Co Panrobi dzisiaj wieczorem? → O que o senhor vai fazer esta noite? → Что Вы делаете сегодня вечером? → Vad gör ni i kväll? → คุณทําอะไรเย็นนี้? → Bu akşam ne yapıyorsunuz? → Tối nay bạn làm gì? → 今天晚上您打算做什么?
- In the evening → فِي الَمَسَاءِ → večer → i aften → Am Abend → το βράδυ → por la noche → Illalla → le soir → navečer → La sera → 晩に → 저녁에 → 's avonds → om kvelden → Wieczorem → à noite → Вечером → på kvällen → ในตอนเย็น → akşam → Vào buổi tối → 晚上
- The table is reserved for nine o'clock this evening (US)
The table is booked for nine o'clock this evening (UK) → هَذِهِ الـمَائِدَةُ مَحْجُوزَةٌ حَتَى السَاعَةِ التَاسِعَةِ مِنْ هَذَا الـمَسَاءِ → Stůl je zamluvený na devátou hodinu dnes večer → Bordet er reserveret til klokken enogtyve i aften → Der Tisch ist für heute Abend um neun Uhr reserviert → Το τραπέζι είναι κλεισμένο για απόψε στις εννιά → La mesa está reservada para las nueve de esta noche → Pöytä on varattu täksi illaksi kello yhdeksäksi → La table est réservée pour vingt et une heures ce soir → Stol je rezerviran za večeras u dvadeset i jedan sat → Il tavolo è prenotato per le nove di questa sera → 今晩九時にテーブルを予約しました → 오늘 저녁 아홉시 테이블이 예약되었습니다 → De tafel is gereserveerd voor negen uur vanavond → Bordet er reservert til klokken ni i kveld → Ten stolik jest zarezerwowany na godzinę dziewiątą dzisiaj wieczorem → A mesa está reservada para as nove horas desta noite → Этот стол заказан на сегодня на девять вечера → Bordet är bokat till klockan nio ikväll → โต๊ะนี้ถูกจองสําหรับเก้าโมงคืนนี้ → Masa bu akşam saat dokuz için rezerve edildi → Bàn được đặt cho chín giờ tối nay → 今晚九点的餐桌订好了
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n (early) tarde f, (after dark) noche fEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.