1The period of time at the end of the day, usually from about 6 p.m. to bedtime.

1. 1.1An evening characterized by a particular event or activity.
   ‘some pubs hold Irish music evenings’
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   • ‘Trosley's next event, an evening of Russian folk music round a campfire, is taking place on Saturday.’
   • ‘The disc is too propulsive to be background music, but too modest to be your evening's main event.’
   • ‘Lying in Morgan's double bed, their heads inches apart, Dawn thinks over the evening's events.’
   • ‘The evening's events will include dinner and a casino night for all attendees.’
   • ‘I lay awake for hours that night trying to make sense of the evening's events.’
   • ‘Get a guided tour around this beautiful house, visit the gift shop or look out for events such as ghost evenings throughout the year.’
   • ‘For everyone, Ramada's Iftar evenings remain a unique event of special food items.’
   • ‘This evening's event in the Kings Hall is already sold out.’
   • ‘The other big give away about the fantastic nature of the evening's events was the presence of so many of Polly's media idols.’
   • ‘There was one unfortunate event of the evening, however, and it involved bad eyesight and a stone dog!’
   • ‘There have been reports of women at parties who wake up wearing no clothes and with no memory of the previous evening's events.’
   • ‘However, there were no major blazes and the ambulance service did not report any serious incidents as a result of the evening's events.’
   • ‘A few blocks away stood the object of the evening's activities: the Sydney Harbour Bridge.’
   • ‘The event was an evening of entertainment focusing on the legacy the outgoing Bishop of Manchester will leave.’
   • ‘The après match comedians kept the ball rolling before the main event of the evening.’
   • ‘Many friends, and customers turned up for the event and a great evening was had by all.’
   • ‘I thought about it for a while, tried to remember the events of the evening, it was patchy at best.’
   • ‘All were delighted with the great evening where music was played and all relaxed in a most homely and wonderful atmosphere.’
   • ‘Perhaps the most memorable social event is the karaoke evening at the Hotel Seedorf.’
   • ‘The 100 back seemed to serve as a great warm-up for her main event of the evening.’
2. 1.2as modifier Prescribed by fashion as suitable for relatively formal social events held in the evening.
   ‘a couple in evening dress’
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   • ‘People dressed in formal evening attire made their way to the entrance of the center.’
   • ‘So you see, it's possible to get and wear beautiful evening shoes without suffering.’
   • ‘If you decide on the tuxedo, then get your hands on a slick pair of evening dress shoes.’
   • ‘All the ladies wore evening dress - they had been helped to make their own.’
   • ‘It is thought that a long silk column evening dress, cut beautifully, may be her choice of wedding outfit.’
   • ‘She is wearing a low-cut black evening dress, he a dinner suit.’
   • ‘For evening functions long dresses and evening gloves were worn by the women and dinner suits by the men.’
   • ‘It may be the height of Viliad fashion, but it's not exactly human evening dress.’
   • ‘These were virtually court occasions, and guests indeed wore court dress, not evening dress.’
   • ‘Dinner in Ta Cenc is a formal event, so Anne should pack an evening dress.’
   • ‘She's wearing a revealing evening dress and proceeds to drape herself over various parts of the car's anatomy.’
   • ‘The only real flash of colour in the whole production was the evening dress wore by Lady Macbeth as she plots murder with her husband.’
   • ‘The matron of honour wore a strapless evening dress in gold, and carried calla lilies.’
   • ‘Lace is very popular on its own or as trimming - expect to see it worn during the day and used as an overlay for evening dresses.’
   • ‘You don't want to be wearing spectacles with a black velvet evening dress.’
   • ‘Exiting his bathroom, he saw his brother lounging against the door jamb of his room in full evening dress.’
   • ‘She was dressed in her most beautiful evening dress, bought especially for the occasion.’
   • ‘Jim watched them, each dressed in fancy evening clothes and still reeking of alcohol.’
   • ‘I thought these evening outfits were pretty interesting and geometrical.’
   • ‘He also braided black mink with satin ribbons for the casually elegant evening capes and throws.’

In the evening; every evening.