Definitions
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
Word origin
From Middle English evening, evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian (“to become evening”), from ǣfen (“eve”) (from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even + -ing.
Used in a sentence
“Toward evening, there was heavy rain.”
“I met my wife on a summer's evening in 1999.”
“It was the evening of the Roman Empire.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Dusk time”7 letters
02“Time after sunset”7 letters
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