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EVENINGS

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eve⋅nings

  [eev-ningz]
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–adverb
in or during the evening regularly: She worked days and studied evenings.
Origin:
1865–80

eve⋅ning

  [eev-ning]
–noun
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.
–adjective
6. of or pertaining to evening: The evening sky shone with stars.
7. occurring or seen in the evening: the evening mist.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE ǣfnung, equiv. to ǣfn(ian) draw toward evening + -ung n. suffix

Synonyms:
1. eventide, dusk, twilight, gloaming, nightfall.
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eve·ning   (ēv'nĭng)   
n.  

  1. The period of decreasing daylight between afternoon and night.

  2. The period between sunset or the evening meal and bedtime: a quiet evening at home.

  3. A later period or time: in the evening of one's life.

  4. Chiefly Southern U.S. The time from noon to twilight.


[Middle English, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian, to become evening, from ǣfen, evening.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

evening 
from O.E. verb æfnung "grow toward evening," from æfnian "become evening," from æfen "evening" (see eve). As a synonym of even (n.), it dates from c.1440 and now entirely replaces the older word in this sense. Another O.E. noun for "evening" was cwildtid.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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