[U,C] the part of the day from 12 midday until about 6 o'clock:
this / yesterday / tomorrow afternoon * In the afternoon they went shopping. * She studies art two afternoons a week. * Are you ready for this afternoon's meeting? * The baby always has an afternoon nap. * Come over on Sunday afternoon. * Where were you on the afternoon of May 21? * Good afternoon! (= as a formal greeting)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of afternoon come from?
This entry for afternoon is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is afternoon a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, afternoon is tagged as noun.
Does afternoon appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — afternoon appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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