n. & int.
--n.
1. the end part of the day, esp. from about 6 p.m. to bedtime (this evening; during the evening; evening meal).
2 this time spent in a particular way (had a lively evening).
3 a time compared with this, esp. the last part of a person's life.
--int. good evening (see GOOD adj. 14).
Phrases and idioms:
evening dress formal dress for evening wear. evening primrose any plant of the genus Oenothera with pale yellow flowers that open in the evening. evening star a planet, esp. Venus, conspicuous in the west after sunset.
Etymology: OE {aelig}fnung, rel. to EVEN(2)