afternoons
afternoons is the plural of afternoon.
Meaning of afternoon
Noun
afternoon (plural afternoons)
- The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
- Theſe men ſerue God in the forenoone, and the diuell in the after noone;1601, Arthur Dent, Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen, page 138
- The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.
- Buck.[…]Theſe both put by a poore petitioner
A care-crazd mother of a many children,
A beauty-waining and diſtreſſed widow,
Euen in the afternoone of her beſt daies
Made priſe and purchaſe of his luſtfull eye,
Seduc t the pitch and height of al his thoughts,
To baſe declenſion and loathd...c. 1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC...
- Buck.[…]Theſe both put by a poore petitioner
- A party or social event held in the afternoon.
Adverb
afternoons (not comparable)
- Every afternoon.
- We are closed afternoons.
Questions about afternoons
- What does afternoons mean?
- Afternoons means every afternoon.
- What is afternoons the plural of?
- Afternoons is the plural of afternoon.
- What part of speech is afternoons?
- Afternoons is an adverb.
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