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Plural of afternoon

regular plural

The plural of afternoon is afternoons.

Forms of afternoon

Singularafternoon /ˌɑːf.təˈnuːn/
Pluralafternoons
Countablecountable

Afternoons in a sentence

  • We all sat in stuffy classrooms and had men in tweedy sportscoats ruin our afternoons.1988 May 6, Michael Miner, “"Chicago Times" Reaches for the Cutting Edge; Nicole Drieske Goes Public; Harry Golden”, in Chicago Reader...
  • I work nights, my brother only afternoons, and my son days.From the entry nights
  • One of his favorite pastimes was strolling through the breezeway on warm spring afternoons.From the entry breezeway
  • The high and mighty are to be found at the Fairlawn Country Club on pleasant afternoons.From the entry high and mighty
  • He has a class on Thursday afternoons, but he skipped out this week.From the entry skip out

Meaning of afternoon

  1. noun The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
  2. noun The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.
  3. noun A party or social event held in the afternoon.

Full definition of afternoon

Questions about the plural of afternoon

What is the plural of afternoon?
The plural of afternoon is afternoons.
Is afternoon countable?
Afternoon is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: afternoon (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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