"evenings" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈiːvnɪŋz/
Etymology: From evening + -s (adverbial suffix). Compare with Dutch avonds, Low German avends, German abends. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|evening|s|pos2=adverbial suffix}} evening + -s (adverbial suffix), {{cog|nl|avonds}} Dutch avonds, {{cog|nds|avends}} Low German avends, {{cog|de|abends}} German abends Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} evenings (not comparable)
  1. (informal, somewhat dated) In the evening, during the evening. Tags: dated, informal, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-evenings-en-adv-uPzziXJU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈiːvnɪŋz/
Etymology: From evening + -s (plural suffix). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|evening|s|pos2=plural suffix}} evening + -s (plural suffix) Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} evenings
  1. plural of evening Tags: form-of, plural Form of: evening
    Sense id: en-evenings-en-noun-~QFXAgoI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -s Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for evenings meaning in English (2.1kB)

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