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(n)
(archaic, poetic, literary) Evening.
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The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
The early part of the day, especially from midnight to noon.
The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
The close of the day; the coming of night.
Twelve o'clock at night exactly.
The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.
The nighttime of the current day or date; this night.
(countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.
(now chiefly US) Sunset.
The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
An item delivered or completed overnight.
The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.
An instance of saying “good night”; a nighttime farewell.
Alternative form of nighttime. [The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.]
A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.
(time) A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).
The current day or date.
(uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
The act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially when the participants are children.
(adv)
Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
One employed to watch or tend something; a babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.
An occurrence; something that happens.
(informal) A meeting or gathering.
(adj)
Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
Alternative spelling of soiree. [A formal evening party.]
A formal evening party.
A person who collects money from the public for some cause.
(countable) A showy and festive party.
One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
A noisy party or festivities.
(military) Abbreviation of antisubmarine warfare.
Near the end of a period of time.
Initialism of Royal Children's Hospital.
Originally (music), a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer.
(law) A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
The state of being late.
(Midwestern US, Canadian Prairies, Atlantic Canada, South Africa) Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
(colloquial, uncountable) Any alcoholic beverage.
A man who is about to marry.
Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.
(clothing) A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
(US) A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g., near the end of the academic year.
noisy sobbing
A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
(country dancing) A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.
(South Africa, slang) A party.
A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.
A flowering plant of the genus Primula.
Noctiluca scintillans (sea sparkle).
A female given name from the Germanic languages or Old Norse.
(slang) A fan of the British girl group Little Mix.
"Hello!" or an equivalent greeting.
The practice of attending social entertainment gatherings.
Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk.
The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
(now rare) Twilight.
(poetic) dusk, twilight
A vesper martini.
(UK dialectal, West Country) Twilight; dusk; crepusculum.
(poetic, archaic) the evening, especially (Christianity) the time at which vespers is prayed
The time of day when it becomes dark.
Light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.
The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.
The time or hour at or around which lunch is normally eaten.
Every afternoon.
Noon; twelve o'clock during the day.
The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.
Noon.
Any period of seven consecutive days.
At night (during night-time, especially on a regular basis).
The time when something happens.
Synonym of morning: the part of the day between sunrise and noon.
The beginning of the day; the first moment of daylight.
A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
Informal spelling of night. [(countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.]
The time when dinner takes place, as:
A surname.
Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:
(now poetic) Morning.
(Canada, South Africa, US, West Midlands, colloquial, informal) Mother.
A pleasure trip or excursion.
The day immediately before today; one day ago.
A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic.
The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.