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Afternoon

/af.təɾˈnʉːn/

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.

📖 Definitions of "Afternoon"

noun
  1. 1

    The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.

  2. 2

    The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.

  3. 3

    A party or social event held in the afternoon.

adverb
  1. 1

    (more often in the plural) In the afternoon.

interjection
  1. 1

    Clipping of good afternoon.

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