evening

/ˈivnɪŋ/ · noun

Meaning

The time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark.
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.
A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
A party or gathering held in the evening.
To make flat and level.
To equal.
To be equal.
To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.
To set right; to complete.
To act up to; to keep pace with.
To occur; to happen; to come to pass.

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