evening
noun (evening, evenings)
Everyday
- The evening is the time at the end of the day, after the afternoon and before night, from about 6 o'clock until bedtime. tree →
- An evening can also be an event at that time, like a parents' evening. tree →
In the lessons
maths: a part of the day; amounts in the morning and evening often add up for the day; time after noon (pm); everyday life: dinner, homework, bath time; school: parents' evening; phrases: «good evening», «this evening», «in the evening»
Examples
- She read 10 pages in the morning and 15 in the evening. tree →
- The shop closes at 8 in the evening. tree →
- He runs 2 km every evening. tree →
- How many in all each day? tree →
- Good evening, everyone! tree →
- We eat dinner in the evening. tree →
- There is a parents' evening at school on Thursday. tree →
- The evening sky turned pink. tree →
- Toward evening they started for home. tree →
Note
Marks time; morning plus evening amounts add for the day. Trap: 8 in the evening is 20:00 or 8 pm. «Evening» is not «evening out» (making even).
In Jewish tradition
In the Torah the day begins at evening, so "evening and morning" make one day.
Interpretation. Because of this verse, the Jewish day, the Sabbath and the festivals begin at nightfall and last until the next nightfall.
Examples
- And there was evening and there was morning, one day. (Torah GEN.1.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. (Torah GEN.1.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. (Torah GEN.1.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. (Prophets 1SA.17.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. (Writings PSA.104.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it. (Writings JOB.4.20, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Marks time; morning plus evening amounts add for the day. Trap: 8 in the evening is 20:00 or 8 pm. «Evening» is not «evening out» (making even).
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «evening» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- Trees and pragmatics of «evening» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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