1 [C,U] the part of the day between the afternoon and the time you go to bed:
I'll come and see you tomorrow evening. * What do you usually do in the evening? * She's going to her sister's for the evening. * the long winter evenings * the evening performance * Evening was falling by the time we reached the house.
2 [C] an event of a particular type happening in the evening:
a musical evening at school (= when music is performed)
evenings adverb (especially AmE):
He works evenings.
IDIOMS
Good evening (also informal Evening) used as a polite greeting, or reply to a greeting, when people first see each other in the evening:
Good evening, everyone. * Evening, Mike.
moreatOTHERadj.
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Is evening a noun, verb, or something else?
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