/eev"ning/ , n.
1. the latter part of the day and early part of the night.
2. the period from sunset to bedtime: He spent the evenings reading.
3. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. the time between noon and sunset, including the afternoon and twilight.
4. any concluding or declining period: the evening of life.
5. an evening's reception or entertainment: Their evenings at home were attended by the socially prominent.
adj.
6. of or pertaining to evening: The evening sky shone with stars.
7. occurring or seen in the evening: the evening mist.
[ bef. 1000; ME; OE aefnung, equiv. to aefn ( ian ) draw toward evening + -ung n. suffix ]
Syn. 1. eventide, dusk, twilight, gloaming, nightfall.