/ ˈiːvnɪŋ; NAmE / noun
1.
[ C , U ] the part of the day between the afternoon and the time you go to bed :
I'll see you tomorrow evening.
Come over on Thursday evening.
What do you usually do in the evening ?
She's going to her sister's for the evening .
the long winter evenings
the evening performance
—see also good evening
2.
[ C ] an event of a particular type happening in the evening :
a musical evening at school (= when music is performed)
► even·ings adverb ( especially NAmE ):
He works evenings.
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IDIOMS
see other adjective
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English ǣfnung dusk falling, the time around sunset , from ǣfnian approach evening , from ǣfen , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch avont and German Abend .