the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way
"an evening at the opera"
The time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark.
"We walked home in the evening as the sky turned a deep purple above us."
In plain English: Evening is the time of day after sunset and before night when it starts to get dark outside.
"We usually have dinner together in the evening."
Usage: Use "evening" to refer to the period of the day after sunset but before bedtime, distinct from the earlier part of the afternoon. You can use it to describe a specific time, such as "in the evening," or to denote the latter half of the day generally.
present participle of even
"The evening sun began to set as we walked home from work."
present participle of evene
In plain English: To evening something means to make it level or smooth out differences so everything is fair.
"The sun began to evening over the horizon as dusk settled in."
Usage: The word "evening" is not used as a verb in modern English; it is exclusively a noun referring to the late part of the day or an adjective describing something level. If you intend to describe the action of making things equal, use the verb "even" instead.
The word evening comes from the Old English verb meaning "to make level," which originally referred to evening as a time when shadows are leveled out rather than being flat or horizontal. It traveled into Middle English and eventually modern English with this specific association between leveling light and the end of the day.