evening

nouns

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
"he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
a later concluding time period
"it was the evening of the Roman Empire"
domain usage
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
is a type of (narrower)
an amount of time
"a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way
"an evening at the opera"
is a part of
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
is a type of (narrower)
an amount of time
"a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"