Afternoon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The part of day from noon until sunset.
  • n. The latter part: in the afternoon of life.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening; the part of the day following noon which is daylight all year round; the second half of the working day (in regular office hours).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That part of the day which extends from noon to evening.
  • Pertaining to the after part ofthe day: as, afternoon shadows.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the part of the day between noon and evening
  • n. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    daytime    day    daylight    greeting    farewell    word of farewell    salutation   
    Cross Reference
    forenoon   
    Form
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bethune    Boone    Calhoun    June    Karun    Kuhn    Moon    Noone    Rangoon    Sassoon   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    morning    summer    night    weather    noon    dawn    week    twilight    dinner    midnight