word-vault/dist/data/cards/ev/evening.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "evening",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the part of the day between the afternoon and the time you go to bed",
            "sensetop": "in the eveningfor the eveningon the evening of",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Remember to call me **this evening**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We haven't spoken to him since **yesterday evening**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll see you **tomorrow evening**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Come over on Thursday evening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What do you usually do in the evening?",
                    "contextForm": "in the evening"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mosquitoes usually bite in the early evening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's going to her sister's for the evening.",
                    "contextForm": "for the evening"
                },
                {
                    "text": "on the evening of May 15",
                    "contextForm": "on the evening of"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He hardly spoke throughout the evening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We spent many enjoyable summer evenings together."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I found it in the pocket of the jacket I had been wearing the previous evening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **evening meal** is served at 7 p.m."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She watched the evening news at 6 p.m. as usual."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As the evening wore on, Sam became more and more unhappy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jim's comedy routine was the highlight of the evening's entertainment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Evening was falling by the time we reached the house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He spent the entire evening chatting with friends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't want to ruin your evening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was early evening and very still."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two spent a romantic evening together."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They spent the evening walking around the town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We started our evening by watching TV."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What a way to end an evening!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You deserve an occasional evening out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a popular place to hang out on weekday evenings"
                },
                {
                    "text": "thoroughly enjoying a quiet evening at home"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the cool evening air"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll come and see you this evening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The evening performance begins at 7.30."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ball would take place the following evening."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["this", "tomorrow", "yesterday"],
                "verb + evening": ["spend", "begin", "start"],
                "evening + verb": ["progress", "wear on"],
                "evening + noun": ["light", "sky", "star"],
                "preposition": [
                    "during the evening",
                    "for an/​the evening",
                    "in the evening"
                ],
                "phrases": ["an evening off", "an evening out", "good evening"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an event of a particular type happening in the evening",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a musical evening at school *(= when music is performed)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the school parents' evening *(= when parents are invited to talk to teachers about their children's progress)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Prospective students were invited to the school's open evening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He hosted the evening in front of a celebrity audience."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The club will hold a social evening to welcome new members."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The orchestra opened the evening with an overture."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["gala", "musical", "social"],
                "verb + evening": ["hold", "host", "open"],
                "evening + noun": ["clothes", "dress", "gown"],
                "preposition": ["during the evening", "for the evening"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈiːvnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ev/evening/evening__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈiːvnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ev/evening/evening__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English ǣfnung ‘dusk falling, the time around sunset’, from ǣfnian ‘approach evening’, from ǣfen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch avont and German Abend."
}