| NOUN | time | evening, eve, even, eventide | the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) |
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| time | evening | a later concluding time period | |
| time | evening | the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way |
| Sounds | iy'vnihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall). | |
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| Example | "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" | |
| Synonyms | eve, even, eventide | |
| Parts | sunset, sundown | The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon |
| twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle | The time of day immediately following sunset | |
| Narrower | guest night | An evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guests |
| Broader | day, daytime, daylight | The time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside |
| Spanish | anochecer, atardecer, even, noche, tarde | |
| Catalan | capvespre, nit, tarda, vesprada, vespre, vetlla | |
| Meaning | A later concluding time period. | |
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| Example | "it was the evening of the Roman Empire" | |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
| Usage of | trope, figure of speech, figure, image | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
| Spanish | tarde | |
| Meaning | The early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way. | |
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| Example | "an evening at the opera" | |
| Part of | night, nighttime, dark | The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
| Spanish | tarde | |
| Catalan | vespre | |
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