Definition of "evening" in English

noun

1. The time of day between afternoon and night.

   • Toward evening, there was heavy rain.
   • I met my wife on a summer's evening in 1999.

2. The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.

3. (figuratively) A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.

   • It was the evening of the Roman Empire.

4. A party or gathering held in the evening.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of even

verb

1. present participle and gerund of evene