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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
evening/ˈiːvnɪŋ/

▶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 ǣfnung, from ǣfnian ‘approach evening’, from ǣfen (see even2).

'evening' also found in these Oxford entries:

afternoon - black tie - boa - Christmas Eve - compline - cummerbund - curfew - dewfall - dinner - dinner jacket - eve - even - eveninger - evening primrose - evening star - evensong - eventide - formal - Hesperus - high tea - last - monkey suit - morning - musicale - night - night school - night-time - opera cloak - passeggiata - pipistrelle - rode - sabbath - serotine - slinky - soirée - soup and fish - summer time - sunset - supper - sweet rocket - swing shift - tail - tailcoat - tap - tattoo - tea - tonight - turn - tuxedo

Forum discussions with the word(s) "evening" in the title:

... for (a) Saturday evening
'The last drops of the evening milking'
(a) good evening to you
(On Sunday evening)
"Evening of" vs. "Evening after"
"The evening light was raking down the street"
"What does he and Margaret do in the evening?" - do/does or both?
a "nice" evening
A Suitable Wardrobe: For a Summer's / Summer Evening
afternoon/evening meal
an evening shadow over all beforer you
An evening sometime ago
At six yesterday evening, I wrote a letter.
Bad evening
bat out the evening
bed, breakfast, evening meal, and 'bills' every day of the week
Couldn't outshine this otherwise very successful evening
Deep shadows welled up from the swamps and 'root tangles', and evening 'wove them together' until it was night
Dinner that evening
Do you play baseball at noon or in the evening?
Do you still say, "Good evening," after twelve midnight?
early evening
Evening
Evening falls
Evening gown/Nightgown
evening soldiers
Evening vs Night
evening vs. night
evening with sunlight
Every evening <when, while> I am doing my homework,
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