evening1 nounevening2 interjection
eveningeve‧ning1 /ˈiːvnɪŋ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 
WORD ORIGINevening
Origin:
Old English æfnung, from æfen ‘evening’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I have a class Thursday evening.
- But his campaign headquarters is staffed by 20 volunteers daily, and another 20 volunteers work in phone banks each evening.
- Due to a shortage of whiskey that evening, the party broke up early.
- He decides, literally, to play for time and makes a debut at Nero's banquet that evening.
- However, on the evening of Wednesday 9 October another meeting was called, also in the City Hotel.
- One evening I showed them an article I had written in a magazine.
- The river level in Hillsboro was 7 feet, right at flood stage, by early evening, Crocker said.
Longman Language Activatorways to say hello
· Hello, Sally. How are you doing today?· Hello. Could I speak to someone in customer service?· "Hello, Mr Decker." "Hello, John. I didn't expect to see you here."
informal /hiya informal, /hey American informal say this when you are greeting someone, especially a friend or relative. Hiya and hey are more informal than hi , and you say them to people you know very well: · Hi, Gwen - did you have a nice weekend?· Hi. I'm just calling to see if you'd like to come over for dinner tonight.· Hiya, Jake. How's it going?· Hey, Scott. What's up, buddy?
informal hey there American informal say this when you are greeting someone, especially someone you did not expect to see: · Hi there, Mark! Did you have trouble getting here?· Hey there, stranger. We haven't seen you around here for a long time.
/how's it going? informal say this when you are greeting someone and starting a conversation: · How's it going, Tom? I haven't seen you for a long time.· Morning, Bob. How are you today?· Hi, Val. How are you doing? Did you get the job?
say this as a quick greeting at a particular time of day, especially when you work with the person you are greeting and see them regularly: · Morning, everyone. Sorry I'm late.· Afternoon, Sheila - got time for a quick cup of coffee?· Evening, all! Can I buy anyone a drink?
formal say this to greet someone at a particular time of the day: · Good afternoon. I have a three o'clock appointment with Ms. Davis.· Good morning, class! To start with I have a couple of announcements.· Good evening, Ray. Let me introduce David Bruce.
a meal in the evening the meal you eat in the evening: · What shall we have for dinner?· Sarah cooked us a really nice dinner.· At dinner, he announced that he was leaving home.· Shall we discuss this over dinner?go out for dinner (=go to a restaurant or to someone else's house): · We went out for dinner at the Ritz.eat/have dinner: · Why don't you come and have dinner with us?
especially British the meal you eat in the evening: · After supper we watched a video.eat/have (your) supper: · I had my supper and went to bed.
British a meal you eat at home early in the evening: · What's for tea?have (your) tea: · The children came home from school, had tea and did their homework.
the meal eaten in the evening: · After the evening meal they sat around the cooking-fire and talked.· Preparing the evening meal can take up to three hours.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1ADJECTIVES/NOUN + evening
A scream shattered the late afternoon calm. a chilly November morning They went for a stroll in the cool of the evening. a white silk wedding gown Will I see you at morning Mass? Anna left yesterday afternoon.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· They were due to leave on Sunday evening.
· Would you like to come over tomorrow evening?
· The robbery took place yesterday evening around nine o'clock.
(=today, in the evening)· I'll phone you this evening.
(=the early part of the evening)· We met for a drink in the early evening.
(=the later part of the evening)· By the time we arrived, it was late evening.
· On a summer evening, the streets are full of people.
· It was a fine evening, so we decide to eat outside.
phrases· We met up again later in the evening.
(=every evening)· I used to get so bored in the evenings, I just ended up watching TV.
· Later, during the evening, fighting broke out near the palace.
· Her parents had gone out for the evening.
(=every Monday, Friday etc.)· We usually meet up for a drink on Friday evenings.
verbs (=use an evening doing a particular thing)· He spent many evenings alone in his room.
evening + NOUN· I was just preparing the evening meal when the phone rang.
(=the main radio or television news programme in the evening)· There was a report about the fire on the evening news.
· I bought an evening newspaper to read on my way home.
(=the busy time in the evening when a lot of people are travelling home from work)· There's always congestion on the motorways during the evening rush hour.
Meaning 2verbs (=organize an event in the evening)· The college is holding an open evening on May 6th for year 9 to 11 pupils.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + evening (=an event at which a group of people meet and spend time with each other)· We should organize a social evening to welcome the new members of staff.
(=a special entertainment show)· The gala evening featured a performance by the Kirov Ballet.
(=an evening when an institution invites the public to come in and see the work that is done there)· We went to the open evening to find out more about the course.
(=an event at a school, at which parents meet and talk to their children's teachers)· It was parents' evening at her son's school.
evening + NOUN (=formal clothes that people wear to social events in the evening)· a shop specializing in glamorous evening wear
(=a formal suit that men wear to social events in the evening)· He put on a black evening suit.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· He stepped out and breathed in the cold morning air.
(=a small bag that a woman takes out with her in the evening)· She put her lipstick in a black velvet evening bag.
· People were out walking, enjoying the evening breeze.
A scream shattered the late afternoon calm. a chilly November morning· Mum goes to an evening class on Tuesdays.
· I don’t often have a chance to wear formal evening clothes.
They went for a stroll in the cool of the evening. (=a formal dress to wear in the evening)· She arrived in a red evening dress.
· The lake looked beautiful in the pale early morning light.
· We set off early in the morning.
· The evening’s entertainment concluded with a firework display.
a white silk wedding gown Will I see you at morning Mass?· The evening meal is served at 7.30.
· The sun broke through the morning mist.
· Ian usually buys an evening paper on his way home.
· All the machines are cleaned at the end of every afternoon shift.
· The moon is the brightest object visible in the night sky.
(also a summer day/evening)· It was a beautiful summer’s day.
· We ate breakfast outside in the gentle morning sun.
· Their armour glinted in the early morning sunlight.
· The morning sunshine brightened the room.
formal (=clothes worn to formal events in the evening)· The band were dressed in evening wear.
Anna left yesterday afternoon.· On Christmas Eve my nine-year-old grandson James was admitted in the early evening for an emergency appendix operation.· But perhaps the early evening was better still?· Fish come up from the deep sea in the early morning and the early evening.· For the rest of the afternoon and early evening Lucenzo avoided her, and her nerves reached breaking-point.· Lunchtime or early evening are preferable.· George would spend early evenings lying on the hillside with her, professing his love.· His design shows a new York skyline on an early summer evening.· The early evening had been fine and then it darkened over with thundercloud and got warmer.
· Video-Taped report follows Read in studio Good evening.· A star signaled overhead and he saw it. Good evening, Mitchell said.· Ah, good evening, Lestrade!· It was, had been, too good an evening to spoil it with a half-soaked wrangle.· Read in studio Video-Taped report follows Voice over Read in studio Good evening.· Time allowed 00:53 Read in studio Good evening.
· Jerome Topstock Theodora stepped out into the warm air of the late summer evening.· Together they have lived out a day, from quiet morning to rowdy late evening.· He found it was at its worst in the late evenings when he sat alone in Fern Cottage.· As of late last evening, however, the major stock exchanges were planning to open today.· Johnny Wilson had a repeat scheduled for late evening.· It was late in the evening, and I was finishing up the layout on the last issue of the magazine.· On Tuesday January 26 Michael Wilson will give a special lecture prior to late evening admission to the exhibition.· It was late evening, but there was lamplight on the deck.
· A clutch of long white Friday evening faces confronted me.· But a long black evening gown will.· But the tick was a comfort on long evenings.· It looked like darkness would fall long before evening.· The cocktail and long and short evening dresses I saw, were most attractive and cleverly designed.· It was a long evening, and he arrived home at two in the morning, much the worse for wear.· After the long luxurious evening they went back to Kev's place.
· Fabia awakened and, as she recalled her non-achievement of the previous evening, her mood matched the dull morning.· Peter Miller had left late the previous evening.· Everything was exactly the same as it had been when she'd gone to sleep the previous evening.· That had been the word from Soong through the previous evening.· Slowly the events of the previous evening re-assembled themselves.· Eddie explained that the day's work had started at seven o'clock the previous evening when two customers telephoned requesting samples.· She had not seen her daughter since 9 o'clock the previous evening.
NOUN· After several weeks of negotiations, Manzi and Jones reached a deal last Friday evening.· Meet me for dinner at the Good wood Park Hotel on Friday evening: are you free?· After parking on the Palladium catering hall lot Friday evening, I slipped on my tie and sports jacket.· One Friday evening I realized that my voice was going and I could do nothing about it.· Identities of the victims were not released by early Friday evening.· My first meal was dinner on a Friday evening.
· Price includes bed and breakfast, however evening meals may be taken at the Leonetto for a supplement.· The evening meal generally includes two courses: the food cost averages £1.35p.· Once a week in fine weather a barbecue replaces an evening meal.· The bed and breakfast houses are within a three minute walk; the evening meal is served in the Strass.· The prize includes first class rail fares to Rusland Hall and two nights' accommodation with breakfast and evening meal.· For lunch and the evening meal there are several recommended local pubs and restaurants.· Could she sit through their evening meal, knowing, and not telling?· The four-course evening meal is home-cooked using fresh ingredients.
· By Monday evening the devaluation was a reality; the president was back in the Kremlin.· I am continuing this letter Monday evening.· The service reopened on Monday evening after being down for nearly four hours.· At times the Monday evening services attracted only a handful of people and seemed to have little effect.· That led to detection of a second device Monday evening in a subbasement mail room.· By Monday evening, authorities in Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma had joined the manhunt.
· She had seen him on the telly - he had been on the early evening news tooting his trumpet.· The headline stories of newspapers are developed and reported on the evening news by general-assignment reporters.· The nine o'clock evening news had an audience of half the population during the war, but this fell quickly in 1945.· I eat off stack-up plastic tables as I watch the evening news.· The result is a striking testimony to the power of television's evening news.· But the overriding image carried every night on the evening news has been one of a woefully inadequate effort.· We believe what we hear on the evening news and read in the morning paper.· Countless examples of community-based development are rejecting the modern models and are truly making history-but they are not making the evening news.
· His boast would also be in the later editions of the evening papers.· The evening paper here has a more accurate account.· An evening paper was the only way of discovering the result.· But he looked worse than that when he saw the evening paper.· This shake-out left only Glasgow with two evening papers.· At about eight, when it was dark, Tom went downstairs to buy the evening papers.· This paper is an evening paper and has a very high readership.· He bought the evening papers and sat in a little restaurant a few streets away, reading them.
· The audience were in their seats for the first of the two evening performances.· Tickets are $ 10 to $ 32 for the evening performances and $ 6 to $ 20 for the matinee.· Once he did as the Professor had hoped he might do, and gave Paul a ticket for an evening performance.· The evening performance - a Mozart Symphony - didn't start until seven and it would mean a late return home.· The read-through finished at midday to give St Ives a rest before the evening performance of Caesar and Cleopatra.· It gave us a little time together before she dashed off for the evening performance.· The production lasted well over three hours, and then it was soon time to get ready for the evening performance.
· On Saturday evenings, this Yoruba woman called Ome Boku commanded our attention.· One found the pleasure principle at work again Saturday evening.· There was a concert on the Saturday evening.· On Saturday evening came the Easter Vigil, a night of lilies, fire and flowing water.· The officer came there regularly on Saturday evenings, and the nurse dressed up to go out with him.
· The splendid grounds form a perfect backdrop to the lakeside concerts held here on summer evenings.· Your father showed you a couple of things when you played with him in the summer evenings.· It was a typical summer evening in June.· We crossed a park and walked through a ring of benches where peo-ple were enjoying the summer evening.· I watched Ilsa climb the stairs in the golden haze of the summer evening.· Society of summer evenings in Lake Wobegon was formal and genteel.· Jerome Topstock Theodora stepped out into the warm air of the late summer evening.· On summer evenings, when the sky remained light until nine, there was plenty of time to play ball after dinner.
· Late on Sunday evening, we passed Giles on his way out of his hotel.· On a postcard-perfect Sunday evening, they saw the Cowboys dominate early and the Steelers dominate late.· With something like amazed laughter and, of course, love, Timothy Sunday evening Timothy!· On Sunday evening she would just sit there and ignore the baby.· The Royal frequently failed Gatti Sunday evening in his arrogantly hysterical reading.· Several years earlier, Gary had begun attending the 5: 30 mass on Sunday evenings at Holy Trinity.· Jerry, what did you do in my lab that Sunday evening?· As a result some 800 people jammed the church each Sunday evening at 5: 30.
VERB· What a way to spend one's first evening in Rome.· Where did they spend their evenings?· I couldn't say where he spent that evening, not for certain.· He also spent his evenings at the roulette wheels of Monte Carlo, squandering extravagant sums.· I spent most evenings and every free period from college by your bedside.· John Hall spent most of his evenings getting drunk with Jim Storter.· Instead of ironing, as she'd planned, she'd spend the evening with her sketchpad.· Four hours later I was driving to his house for dinner and we spent the evening just talking.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► of an evening/of a weekend etc
1[countable, uncountable] the early part of the night between the end of the day and the time you go to bed: - A bad morning, a good afternoon and - perhaps - an even better evening.
- A policeman walked by, wished me good evening and ushered a warning.
- Ah, good evening, Lestrade!
- Behind the glass I see her tell everyone good evening.
- But for now from all the team, have a very good evening.
- Dearest Timothy: It is a good evening to sit in this pleasant room and write a letter.
- Have a good evening. 1904 How can you, you have class tomorrow night?
- We exchange slightly embarrassed good evenings with them as we leave.
- Why don't you make a day of it and have lunch with us?
- I had known Sophie for about three months by then, and she insisted on making an evening of it.
- Imagine how lovely it would be - you could take the whole family and make a day of it.
- They make a day of it, tailgating before the game and, weather permitting, after it, too.
- No longer are her anxious snorts heard in the still of the night.
- Let's while away the hours swapping stories.
I do most of my studying in the evening. I’m usually out on Friday evenings. What are you doing tomorrow evening? Peter left yesterday evening. I’ll see you this evening. It was early evening by the time we got home. We had just finished our evening meal when the doorbell rang. a broadcast on the evening news2[countable] a social event that takes place in the evening: a musical evening an evening of music and poetry3good evening used to greet someone when you meet them in the eveningGRAMMAR: Patterns with eveningin the evening• You do something in the evening: · I watched TV in the evening. ✗Don’t say: I watched TV on the evening.on Monday/Tuesday etc evening• You do something on Monday/Tuesday etc evening: · We had a barbecue on Sunday evening. ✗Don’t say: We had a barbecue in Sunday evening.on the evening of something• Something happens on the evening of a particular date or event: · The accident happened on the evening of January 23.· On the evening of my birthday we planned to go out for dinner.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1ADJECTIVES/NOUN + eveningMonday/Friday/Sunday etc evening· They were due to leave on Sunday evening.tomorrow evening· Would you like to come over tomorrow evening?yesterday evening· The robbery took place yesterday evening around nine o'clock.this evening (=today, in the evening)· I'll phone you this evening.early evening (=the early part of the evening)· We met for a drink in the early evening.late evening (=the later part of the evening)· By the time we arrived, it was late evening.a spring/summer etc evening· On a summer evening, the streets are full of people.a fine/warm/cool etc evening· It was a fine evening, so we decide to eat outside.phrasesin the evening· We met up again later in the evening.in the evenings (=every evening)· I used to get so bored in the evenings, I just ended up watching TV.during the evening· Later, during the evening, fighting broke out near the palace.for the evening· Her parents had gone out for the evening.on Monday/Friday/Sunday etc evenings (=every Monday, Friday etc.)· We usually meet up for a drink on Friday evenings.verbsspend an evening (=use an evening doing a particular thing)· He spent many evenings alone in his room.evening + NOUNan evening meal· I was just preparing the evening meal when the phone rang.the evening news (=the main radio or television news programme in the evening)· There was a report about the fire on the evening news.an evening newspaper/paper· I bought an evening newspaper to read on my way home.the evening rush hour (=the busy time in the evening when a lot of people are travelling home from work)· There's always congestion on the motorways during the evening rush hour.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbshave/hold an evening (=organize an event in the evening)· The college is holding an open evening on May 6th for year 9 to 11 pupils.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + eveninga social evening (=an event at which a group of people meet and spend time with each other)· We should organize a social evening to welcome the new members of staff.a gala evening (=a special entertainment show)· The gala evening featured a performance by the Kirov Ballet.an open evening (=an evening when an institution invites the public to come in and see the work that is done there)· We went to the open evening to find out more about the course.a parents' evening (=an event at a school, at which parents meet and talk to their children's teachers)· It was parents' evening at her son's school.evening + NOUNevening wear/dress (=formal clothes that people wear to social events in the evening)· a shop specializing in glamorous evening wearan evening suit (=a formal suit that men wear to social events in the evening)· He put on a black evening suit.evening1 nounevening2 interjection
eveningevening2 interjection informal COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES A scream shattered the late afternoon calm. a chilly November morning They went for a stroll in the cool of the evening. a white silk wedding gown Will I see you at morning Mass? Anna left yesterday afternoon.
· He stepped out and breathed in the cold morning air.
(=a small bag that a woman takes out with her in the evening)· She put her lipstick in a black velvet evening bag.
· People were out walking, enjoying the evening breeze.
A scream shattered the late afternoon calm. a chilly November morning· Mum goes to an evening class on Tuesdays.
· I don’t often have a chance to wear formal evening clothes.
They went for a stroll in the cool of the evening. (=a formal dress to wear in the evening)· She arrived in a red evening dress.
· The lake looked beautiful in the pale early morning light.
· We set off early in the morning.
· The evening’s entertainment concluded with a firework display.
a white silk wedding gown Will I see you at morning Mass?· The evening meal is served at 7.30.
· The sun broke through the morning mist.
· Ian usually buys an evening paper on his way home.
· All the machines are cleaned at the end of every afternoon shift.
· The moon is the brightest object visible in the night sky.
(also a summer day/evening)· It was a beautiful summer’s day.
· We ate breakfast outside in the gentle morning sun.
· Their armour glinted in the early morning sunlight.
· The morning sunshine brightened the room.
formal (=clothes worn to formal events in the evening)· The band were dressed in evening wear.
Anna left yesterday afternoon.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► of an evening/of a weekend etc
used to greet someone when you meet them in the evening: - Why don't you make a day of it and have lunch with us?
- I had known Sophie for about three months by then, and she insisted on making an evening of it.
- Imagine how lovely it would be - you could take the whole family and make a day of it.
- They make a day of it, tailgating before the game and, weather permitting, after it, too.
- No longer are her anxious snorts heard in the still of the night.
- Let's while away the hours swapping stories.
Evening, Joe. Everything all right?