Evening

For the film by the same name, see Evening (film). For the manga magazine, see Evening (magazine). For the 2011 Mae recording, see Evening (EP).

Dusk in Coquitlam, British Columbia

Evening is the period between the late afternoon and night when daylight is decreasing. Though the term is subjective, evening is typically understood to begin before sunset and extend until nightfall, the beginning of night. Evening thus spans the period of twilight, but begins before it and depending on definition may extend past its end.

Companies often use the time of 6pm to mark the beginning of the evening, for example with evening telephone call rates.

Informally, the term "evening" is used in place of "night", especially in the context of an event which takes 18 place over the course of said "evening".

In the vernacular of at least parts of the rural American South (notably Appalachia) and in some British dialects, "evening" (/ˈiːvnɪn/) is used to mean "afternoon," as the main meal of the day, dinner, traditionally has occurred at midday. While the exact meaning of the word in this sense is subject to interpretation, "evening" in the rural American South usually has been thought of as beginning at about noon and extending roughly until sunset or suppertime. See: Horace Kephart, Our Southern Highlanders. New York: Outing Publishing,1913, CHAPTER XIII ("THE MOUNTAIN DIALECT http://www.newrivernotes.com/osh/osh13.htm3; Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th ed. HarperCollins, 2009, available at Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/evening

See also

• Crepuscular
• Evening dress (disambiguation)
• Vespers