# evening

Pronunciation: say "EEV-ning" US /ˈivnɪŋ/, UK /ˈiːvnɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The hours from around dusk until midnight, or the time after regular working hours have ended.
   - Simple: The hours after work ends, lasting until around midnight.
   - _He reserves his evenings for reading once the workday is over._
   - _The store stays open late into the evening for commuters._
2. A party or social gathering held during the evening.
   - Simple: A party or get-together that happens in the evening.
   - _The school is holding a jazz evening next Friday to raise money for new band instruments._
   - _We were guests at a literary evening hosted by the club._
3. A closing stage of something, near the point where it comes to an end.
   - Simple: The last part of something, near where it ends.
   - _She wrote her finest poems in the evening of her life._
   - _In the evening of his long life, my grandfather wrote down stories from his childhood on the farm._

## Origin

Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs became Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ and then Old English ǣfen. From it came ǣfnian and the noun ǣfnung, which became Middle English evening. In English terms it matches even + -ing.

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