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good evening

interjection
Sayguud EEV-ning/ɡʊd ˈivnɪŋ//ɡʊd ˈiːvnɪŋ/

1 meaning of good evening

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  1. 1
    interjection
    Used to greet a person or a group of people in the evening.

    Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for joining us for tonight's concert.

    Good evening. Our top story tonight is the storm moving up the coast.

    Note

    What survives here is the tail of a longer wish, something like "I wish you a good evening." In the US and Canada it generally sounds formal: it is the phrase that opens a meeting, a concert or a newscast, while friends meeting after dark are more likely to say hello. An obsolete relative, good-den, once did the same work.

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Origin

A shortening of an expression such as "I wish you a good evening."