evening
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)The time of day between afternoon and night.
Toward evening, there was heavy rain.
I met my wife on a summer's evening in 1999.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.
- 3.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
It was the evening of the Roman Empire.
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)A party or gathering held in the evening.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(form of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of even
- 2.
(form of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of evene
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From Middle English evening,evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian (to become evening), from ǣfen (eve) (from *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even + -ing.