# afternoons

Pronunciation: US say "af-tur-NOONZ" /ˌæf.tɚˈnunz/; UK say "ahf-tuh-NOONZ" /ˌɑːf.təˈnuːnz/

## Noun

1. Plural of afternoon. — plural of afternoon
   - Simple: Plural of afternoon. Use this form when talking about more than one afternoon.
   - _Her free afternoons were devoted to painting and long walks._
   - _Rainy afternoons kept the campers indoors for most of the week._

## Adverb

2. Regularly during the hours after noon; on each successive afternoon as a recurring routine.
   - Simple: Done over and over again, on each afternoon.
   - _The corner bakery closes afternoons throughout the summer._
   - _Afternoons, the old man would sit by the window watching the street._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/afternoons (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).