afternoon
/af.təɾˈnʉːn/ · noun
Meaning
- The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
- The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.
- A party or social event held in the afternoon.
- (more often in the plural) In the afternoon.
- Clipping of good afternoon.
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