evening meal

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• meal — [ mil ] noun *** 1. ) count an occasion when you eat, especially breakfast, lunch, or DINNER: The medicine should always be taken with meals. go out for a meal (=go to a restaurant): We could go to a movie, or go out for a meal. main meal (=the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• evening — eve|ning1 W1S1 [ˈi:vnıŋ] n [: Old English; Origin: Afnung, from Afen evening ] 1.) [U and C] the early part of the night between the end of the day and the time you go to bed ▪ I do most of my studying in the evening . ▪ I m usually out on Friday …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• meal — [[t]mi͟ːl[/t]] ♦♦♦ meals 1) N COUNT A meal is an occasion when people sit down and eat, usually at a regular time. She sat next to him throughout the meal... It s rare that I have an evening meal with my children. 2) N COUNT A meal is the food… …   English dictionary

• meal */*/*/ — UK [miːl] / US [mɪl] noun Word forms meal : singular meal plural meals 1) a) [countable] an occasion when you eat, especially breakfast, lunch, or dinner The medicine should always be taken with meals. What do you call your evening meal? go out… …   English dictionary

• evening — eve|ning1 [ ivnıŋ ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the part of the day between the end of the afternoon and night, including the time when the sun goes down: We spend most evenings reading or listening to music. on Monday/Tuesday etc. evening: I… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• evening — I UK [ˈiːvnɪŋ] / US [ˈɪvnɪŋ] noun Word forms evening : singular evening plural evenings *** 1) a) [countable/uncountable] the part of the day between the end of the afternoon and night, including the time when the sun goes down We spend most… …   English dictionary

• evening — n. & int. n. 1 the end part of the day, esp. from about 6 p.m. to bedtime (this evening; during the evening; evening meal). 2 this time spent in a particular way (had a lively evening). 3 a time compared with this, esp. the last part of a person… …   Useful english dictionary

• evening — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian to grow toward evening, from ǣfen evening; akin to Old High German āband evening and perhaps to Greek epi on Date: before 12th century 1. a. the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• evening*/*/*/ — [ˈiːvnɪŋ] noun [C/U] I the part of the day between the end of the afternoon and night We spend most evenings reading or listening to music.[/ex] I ll see you on Monday evening, OK?[/ex] We usually go to the cinema on Thursday evenings (= every… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• evening — The closing part of the day and beginning of the night; in a strict sense, from sunset till dark. In common speech, the latter part of the day and the earlier part of the night, until bedtime. The period between sunset or the evening meal and… …   Black's law dictionary

• evening — The closing part of the day and beginning of the night; in a strict sense, from sunset till dark. In common speech, the latter part of the day and the earlier part of the night, until bedtime. The period between sunset or the evening meal and… …   Black's law dictionary