evening
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
Types & categories
- daylight hypernym
- guest night hyponym
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 noun
a later concluding time period
it was the evening of the Roman Empire
Types & categories
- period hypernym
Related & opposite
- trope domain usage
Sense 3 noun
the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way
an evening at the opera
Types & categories
- period hypernym
Parts & wholes
- night part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | sunset |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | twilight |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | daylight |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | guest night |
| 2 | domain usage | Related & opposite | trope |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | night |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |