good evening

good evening

noun
a conventional expression used at meeting or parting in the evening.

Origin:
1860–65
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Good evening is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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World English Dictionary
good evening
 
sentence substitute
a conventional expression of greeting or farewell used in the evening

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Idioms & Phrases

good evening

see under good day.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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