evening

IPA: ˈivnɪŋ

A vague time of day sometime between sunset and midnight.
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.
(figuratively) A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
A party or gathering held in the evening.

Examples of "evening" in Sentences

In many cultures the term evening is linked to time of day when people have their main meal of the day.
In many cultures, the term evening is linked to the time of day when people have their main meal of the day.
The bulls emerged in the late hours of the trading session to attack the bears - so the term evening attack.
By chance this evening is also a meeting for parents, etc., of gifted students and I agreed to go to that since it's downtown and they're going to provide my dinner (and it gets done before Wyrdsmiths starts).
Senate: The first big race to watch of the evening is the race for Jim Bunning's seat that pits Rand Paul (R, son of Ron Paul, a Tea Party and libertarian favorite) against Jack Conway (D, State Attorney General).
When candles are brought into the tent at night, the servant wishes the company a good evening: he says "_M'sah elkhere_," the literal meaning of which is "_Good be with you this evening_;" which salutation it is courteous to return, even to a slave; and if any one, however great his rank, were not to return it, he would be considered a bad muselman, a disaffected and inhospitable barbarian.