afternoon — ozdic

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(noun.)

ADJ

this, tomorrow, yesterday | Friday, Saturday, etc. | early, late | April, May, etc. | spring, summer, etc.

long

We spent a long afternoon at the beach watching the waves.

golden, hot, sunny, warm | grey, rainy, wet

VERB + AFTERNOON

spend

My children spent the afternoon playing in the park with their friends.

AFTERNOON + VERB

progress, wear on

The afternoon progressed slowly, and the children grew tired and restless.

AFTERNOON + NOUN

tea

We always enjoyed a cup of afternoon tea with biscuits after our walk.

light, sun

The golden afternoon light streamed through the kitchen window as she prepared dinner.

PREP

by ~, during the ~, in the ~, on Monday, etc. ~

PHRASES

an/the afternoon off

My boss let me take the afternoon off to go to my daughter's school play.

Definitions

noun

1

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

Theſe men ſerue God in the forenoone, and the diuell in the after noone;

The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.

2

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

Buck.[…]Theſe both put by a poore petitioner A care-crazd mother of a many children, A beauty-waining and diſtreſſed widow, Euen in the afternoone of her beſt daies Made priſe and purchaſe of his luſtfull eye, Seduc t the pitch and height of al his thoughts, To baſe declenſion and loathd bigamie, By her in his vnlawfull bed he got.

3

A party or social event held in the afternoon.

adv

1

In the afternoon.

I stayd at home till noone, and recᵈ of Crowders for 3 loods of shilling 2l. 8s.; and afternoone I went with my wife to Wakefeild, where by yᵉ way I spent at Toppitt 8d., and wee lay at Jackson’s all night.

Afterwards […] they adjourned the court till two in the afternoon, and so went to prayers. Afternoon they called over the names of the rest of the college, demys, chaplains, &c.

intj

1

Ellipsis of good afternoon.

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Idioms & Phrases

this afternoon

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see this, afternoon.

There was a sudden downpour this afternoon.

Example Bank

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Theſe men ſerue God in the forenoone, and the diuell in the after noone;

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02

The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering an

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03

If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand

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I stayd at home till noone, and recᵈ of Crowders for 3 loods of shilling 2l. 8s.; and afternoone I went with my wife to Wakefeild, where by yᵉ way I spent at Toppitt 8d., and wee lay at Jackson’s all

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05

Afterwards […] they adjourned the court till two in the afternoon, and so went to prayers. Afternoon they called over the names of the rest of the college, demys, chaplains, &c.

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06

Afternoon we came to Fuchen, or Xucheu, as others call it, where we were forced to stay to have the boat search’d by the Mandarine or customer.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, afternoon is marked as figuratively, informal, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.