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English noun: evening | |||
| 1. | evening (time) the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) | ||
| Samples | He enjoyed the evening light across the lake. | ||
| Synonyms | eve, even, eventide | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | day, daylight, daytime | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | guest night | ||
| Part holonym | crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight | ||
| 2. | evening (time) a later concluding time period | ||
| Samples | It was the evening of the Roman Empire. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Domain usage | figure, figure of speech, image, trope | ||
| 3. | evening (time) the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way | ||
| Samples | An evening at the opera. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Part meronym | dark, night, nighttime | ||
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