OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8561

afternoon

/ˌɑːf.təˈnuːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tarde
The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
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 c…
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 r…