Evening
21Evening — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Midnight. < N PARAG:Evening >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 evening evening eve Sgm: N 1 decline of day decline of day fall of day close of day Sgm: N 1 candlelight candlelight candlelighting Sgm: N 1 eventide …
22evening — [OE] Evening is a derivative of even [OE], a word for ‘evening’ now restricted to bad poetry. This came ultimately from an Indo European base, whose general meaning of ‘lateness’ is pointed up by other descendants such as Sanskrit apara ‘later,… …
23evening — [[t]i͟ːvnɪŋ[/t]] ♦♦ evenings N VAR The evening is the part of each day between the end of the afternoon and the time when you go to bed. All he did that evening was sit around the flat... Supper is from 5.00 to 6.00 in the evening... Towards… …
24evening — eve•ning [[t]ˈiv nɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the latter part of the day and early part of the night 2) the period from sunset to bedtime 3) dial. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. the time between noon and sunset, including the afternoon and twilight 4) any… …
25evening — Ahiahi, hō ahiahi. ♦ Early evening, āluna ahiahi. ♦ Good evening, aloha ahiahi. ♦ To spend an evening, hō ahiahi. ♦ Overtaken by evening, ahiahihia …
26evening — [OE] Evening is a derivative of even [OE], a word for ‘evening’ now restricted to bad poetry. This came ultimately from an Indo European base, whose general meaning of ‘lateness’ is pointed up by other descendants such as Sanskrit apara ‘later,… …
27Evening Up — A slang phrase used to describe an investor who closes a position by making an offsetting transaction. An investor will eliminate his or her exposure to a security s risk by evening up. Also referred to as even up. Evening up in the equity market …
28evening — noun the period of time at the end of the day, between late afternoon and bedtime. adverb (evenings) informal in the evening; every evening. Origin OE fnung, from fnian approach evening , from fen (see even2) …
29Evening — The period following sunset with which the Jewish day began (Gen. 1:5; Mark 13:35). The Hebrews reckoned two evenings of each day, as appears from Ex. 16:12: 30:8; 12:6 (marg.); Lev. 23:5 (marg. R.V., between the two evenings ). The first… …
30evening — See: GOOD EVENING …
