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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
afternoon
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a morning/afternoon appointment
▪ I asked for a morning appointment.
a morning/afternoon break
▪ I don’t usually have time for a morning break.
a morning/afternoon/evening shift
▪ All the machines are cleaned at the end of every afternoon shift.
an afternoon/morning nap
▪ She has her afternoon nap at about two.
early in the morning/afternoon/evening
▪ We set off early in the morning.
early morning/afternoon/evening
▪ The lake looked beautiful in the pale early morning light.
Friday morning/afternoon etc
▪ Can you meet me Friday morning?
good afternoon
mid-morning/afternoon/week etc
Monday morning/afternoon etc
▪ Let’s go out for a meal on Monday night.
morning/afternoon/evening calm
▪ A scream shattered the late afternoon calm.
Saturday morning/afternoon etc
▪ They arrived in Paris on Saturday evening.
Sunday morning/afternoon etc
▪ Sunday nights are usually pretty quiet.
take a day/the afternoon etc off
▪ Dad took the day off to come with me.
the day/time/afternoon etc when
▪ She remembered the day when Paula had first arrived.
the morning/afternoon/evening sun
▪ We ate breakfast outside in the gentle morning sun.
the morning/afternoon/evening sunlight
▪ Their armour glinted in the early morning sunlight.
the morning/afternoon/evening sunshine
▪ The morning sunshine brightened the room.
Thursday morning/afternoon etc
▪ There’s a meeting on Thursday night.
Tuesday morning/afternoon etc
▪ He first heard the news on Tuesday evening.
Wednesday morning/afternoon etc
▪ I saw Vicky on Wednesday evening.
yesterday morning/afternoon/evening
▪ Anna left yesterday afternoon.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
early
▪ I was invited to join in but always found excuses not to do so, saying that I had early afternoon lessons.
▪ I think it was early afternoon.
▪ By early afternoon she had had enough and returned to the barn, desperate for the cool interior and something to eat.
▪ And for the rest of the morning on into early afternoon, HsingHsing eats cake and bamboo and carrots and gruel.
▪ By the early afternoon the inside of the house was finished.
▪ He said bank tellers had been notified of the problem by early Tuesday afternoon through an internal computer network.
▪ It was early afternoon of the following day before Karelius found the opportunity to be alone with her.
▪ By early afternoon he has unpacked nearly all the boxes and stacked them in the hall.
following
▪ But it wasn't till after school the following afternoon that I found time to go.
▪ Laura was sent for, and arrived back in London the following afternoon.
▪ And she had returned the following afternoon, carrying Timmy on her hip and the rest of her possessions in a backpack.
▪ Nevertheless I arranged to drive over to Strondonald the following Saturday afternoon and join him for tea.
▪ After school the following afternoon, Alf Norris and I made a beeline to see the damage.
▪ But the following afternoon, one of them is brought back, drunk, shrieking, insulting everyone in sight.
▪ Violence continued into the following afternoon and evening; petrol bombs were thrown and shops looted.
▪ The following afternoon we flew inland in the Valentia, which was used to deliver mail.
good
▪ For this week, from everyone on the lunchtime team, good afternoon and have a great weekend.
▪ Some of the boys have been close to their best this afternoon.
▪ But for now, from all of us on the team, good afternoon.
▪ I did not make good that afternoon.
▪ For now, from everyone on the lunchtime team, good afternoon.
hot
▪ I was early and made my way slowly through the deserted canyon of skyscrapers on this hot afternoon.
▪ What kind of farmers would be hanging around in their hut on a hot afternoon like this?
▪ It was served cold, and we ate it with our fingers on a hot afternoon.
▪ It was a hot afternoon and the first one for ages when his time had been his own until bedtime.
▪ His victory here was a tribute to his quiet persistence in an intriguing struggle in the hot afternoon sunshine.
▪ It was a hot October afternoon, and perspiration dotted her forehead.
late
▪ It was late afternoon, and the students had finished the day's classes.
▪ Janir and I arrived at seven, which felt like late afternoon.
▪ But if he rubbed his eyes that late afternoon it was more from surprise than from exhaustion.
▪ Toward late afternoon, a strong wind came up and the sky clouded over.
▪ I think what I w ill do is wait and watch until late afternoon.
▪ As promised, the assaults began late Friday afternoon and continued into the night.
▪ That evening I was all right - Joanna would be afloat in the late afternoon, and I could get away before dark.
▪ In the late afternoon I came back from a run on the Mesa Trail to find Janir fuming.
sunny
▪ It's a sunny, spring afternoon and, on the surface of it, we're in media heaven.
▪ On a sunny Friday afternoon, the Open bid farewell to Nicklaus, to date the greatest golfer who has ever lived.
▪ The wind and currents were set fair when the Hokule'a paddled away on that sunny afternoon in March.
▪ But the friendship ended on that sunny afternoon.
▪ On a sunny afternoon we explored the gentler scenery near Henley and Oxford.
▪ Forecasters said the day would be cloudy early but give way to a partly sunny and breezy afternoon.
▪ The sort of place that still does double features, which it was doing that bright sunny afternoon.
▪ Today we have had snow again this morning, but quite a nice sunny afternoon.
■ NOUN
monday
▪ Robinson, described as the mastermind behind the bombings, was arrested Monday afternoon.
▪ The group will leave Grand Forks Monday afternoon for Bismarck.
▪ Petrocelli Monday afternoon began an aggressive cross-examination after Simpson finished five hours of gentle questioning by his own lawyer Friday and Monday.
▪ Alan tells Jody they will wait for a response until Monday afternoon before they consider their next step.
▪ Bids for the Hughes unit were due Monday afternoon.
▪ The competition for one of the Dodgers' few unsettled positions began Monday afternoon and the results were mixed.
▪ He called Kasser on Monday afternoon to ask for permission to talk to Braun.
nap
▪ He leads me to a dormitory, where eight boys are settling down into one big bed for their afternoon nap.
▪ He waited until Lois came upstairs for her little afternoon nap.
▪ If a group is coming to entertain residents, then bring them in after an afternoon nap.
▪ Nevertheless, recent research indicates that the body is designed for at least one afternoon nap per day.
▪ I had bought him a musical tie which woke him up from an afternoon nap when he rolled on to it.
▪ On the road, the girls sleep ten hours a night, eat many and formidable meals and take long afternoon naps.
▪ It was by the rice banks, where a coolness congregates near a coconut grove, that I took my afternoon nap.
▪ When Miles and Evan were little, John and I were very consistent in putting them down for an hour-long afternoon nap.
session
▪ Funded by the school, seven Friday afternoon sessions are held during the term preceding the child's start date.
▪ It would be an afternoon session, about two hours.
▪ The workers merely wish to clear a backlog of clients before the afternoon session begins.
▪ But she was feverish so Kathy and Jean-Luc returned to Baltimore, and Kathy missed the afternoon session.
▪ It was almost time for the afternoon session at the Riverside.
▪ The juror returned for the afternoon session.
▪ It was a pleasure to have Miss Kay Evans with us for part of the afternoon session.
▪ The two-hour afternoon session was the second of the day.
sun
▪ The afternoon sun blazed on us and her scent rose to me, together with her sobs.
▪ With the afternoon sun pouring through the windows, Mr Strine is on edge.
▪ Suddenly aware that the afternoon sun had cooled, she shivered, an inexplicable feeling of depression engulfing her.
▪ Morning sun is more gentle than afternoon sun.
▪ There, spread out below her in the late afternoon sun, was Florence.
▪ The earth gave off heat warmer than the afternoon sun.
▪ The air was filled with tear gas and hordes of these balloons floating on to the streets below in the afternoon sun.
▪ Shoppers peered into gallery windows and children basked in the afternoon sun, licking ice cream cones.
tea
▪ However, a couple of houses serve afternoon teas in the Green Quarter.
▪ Rates are $ 95 to $ 695 per couple daily, depending on season, including afternoon tea.
▪ Lucy took afternoon tea at about four o'clock, and dinner at eight.
▪ A votive candle is placed on the dozen or so tables, part of the ritual of late afternoon tea.
▪ But as he departed for the pantry the bell rang for afternoon tea to be served.
▪ She and her husband, Tom Goddard, a pastry chef, host afternoon teas and tea tastings at their shop.
▪ Snacks and afternoon tea can be enjoyed on the sun terrace facing the Jungfrau mountain.
▪ Du Parc and Villa Pineta All guests are served complimentary afternoon tea.
yesterday
▪ Golding said in a news conference yesterday afternoon.
▪ Kushner was not in his office yesterday afternoon, and a secretary said he would have no comment.
▪ Barnabas pulled the leash from my hand yesterday afternoon, and raced into your yard.
▪ When I sent your lilies yesterday afternoon I saw some rather gorgeous yellow roses and packed them off to Madame Olenska.
▪ It was an odd interview we had yesterday afternoon.
▪ They are passing an old campesino home Primo remembers from yesterday afternoon.
▪ Phillip Pogue, 34, of Oceanside had been taking photos of a little girl as she was water-skiing yesterday afternoon.
■ VERB
spend
▪ He had spent the afternoon teaching Sun Tzu to his senior officers: the final chapter on the employment of secret agents.
▪ Miles began to gleefully spend an hour each afternoon sitting among his books.
▪ He spent the afternoon in the Britches, as soon as the last of the party guests had departed.
▪ I seemed always to be berating myself for visiting with friends and spending a Sunday afternoon talking.
▪ He spent the morning and afternoon looking round Edinburgh.
▪ They spent all afternoon with me.
▪ He'd spent an afternoon with Morton when he first joined the company, as part of his induction.
▪ Guks spent the afternoon wandering about the city, looking at the bombed buildings, avoiding groups of soldiers.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bid sb good afternoon/good morning etc
the following afternoon/month/page/chapter etc
▪ And she had returned the following afternoon, carrying Timmy on her hip and the rest of her possessions in a backpack.
▪ Early the following month a radiant Lucy walked up the aisle on her father's arm.
▪ Expansion and application of some of those ideas will be pursued in the following chapters.
▪ I describe experiments making use of this criterion in the following chapter.
▪ In the following chapters, I emphasize what can be done, not what will be done.
▪ The receiving company went into liquidation the following month.
▪ We examine these recurrent themes in the managers' first-year biographies in the following pages.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Do you want to go shopping tomorrow afternoon?
▪ Harry went to sleep in the afternoon.
▪ Our tickets are for the afternoon performance.
▪ We went swimming on Tuesday afternoon.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It starts raining and they rush for the car, where they have an afternoon sleep.
▪ So he got in his car and took a check down that afternoon.
▪ This schedule also allots time every afternoon for the teacher to work with children in small group settings.
▪ We did wonder if we would manage to find the place but we located it one wet Sunday afternoon.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Afternoon

Afternoon \Aft"er*noon"\, n. The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
afternoon

c.1300, from after + noon. In 15c.-16c., the form was at afternoon; from c.1600 it has been in the afternoon. Middle English also had aftermete "afternoon, part of the day following the noon meal," mid-14c.

Wiktionary
afternoon

alt. The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening; the part of the day following noon which is daylight all year round; the second half of the working day (in regular office hours). n. The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening; the part of the day following noon which is daylight all year round; the second half of the working day (in regular office hours).

WordNet
afternoon
  1. n. the part of the day between noon and evening; "he spent a quiet afternoon in the park"

  2. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell [syn: good afternoon]

Wikipedia
Afternoon

Afternoon is the time of the day between noon and evening. It is the time when the sun is descending from its zenith in the sky to somewhat before its terminus at the horizon in the west direction. In human life, it occupies roughly the latter half of the standard work and school day. It is also associated with a number of concerns related to health, safety, and economic productivity: generally, the early afternoon, after most people have eaten lunch, corresponds to decreased work performance, decreased alertness, and a higher incidence of motor vehicle accidents. It is usually from 12 PM to 6 PM.

Afternoon (newspaper)

The Afternoon Despatch & Courier is an evening tabloid in Mumbai, India. The newspaper was launched by the late Behram Contractor, better known as "Busybee", on March 25, 1985.

Its current editor is Freyan.Bhatena and associate editor is Mr.Kanagi.

Afternoon (play)

Afternoon is a feminist play written in 1883 by Ouida. It features a man, Earl L'Estrange, who marries a peasant girl, Claire Glyon. L'Estrange grows disillusioned with her and it seems she drowned herself. However, twenty years later he falls in love with a reclusive artist famous for her work, which turns out to be Claire herself, who has not drowned at all. For the remainder of the play, Claire and her friend Laura mock L'Estranger with biting wit, and he in turn eventually concedes that he had not valued his wife as he should have.

Afternoon (disambiguation)

Afternoon is that time of day from 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM.

Afternoon may also refer to:

  • Afternoon (magazine), a Japanese manga magazine published by Kodansha
  • Afternoon (newspaper), a newspaper published in Mumbai, India
  • Afternoon (play), an 1883 play by Ouida
  • Afternoon (film), a 1965 film directed by Andy Warhol
  • Afternoon, a story, a hypertext novel by Michael Joyce
  • Afternoon Records, a record label
  • Afternoon (EP), an EP by Mae
Afternoon (EP)

Afternoon (styled as (a)fternoon) is the fourth EP by American alternative/ indie band Mae. It was released independently on September 24, 2009, in conjunction with Mae Presents: Afternoon Tour. As with their previous releases, it contains songs that will be played in concert in stereoscopic 3D. As of August, Mae updated their website and said, "joining us [on tour] will be our new friends in Locksley September 24-October 21, Jenny Owen Youngs October 22-November 8, and Deas Vail. The Afternoon Tour will feature all new 3D projection, the official release of the limited edition 'rub and smell' afternoon EP"

Usage examples of "afternoon".

It was now late in the afternoon, and Ralph pondered whether he should abide the night where he was and sleep the night there, or whether he should press on in hope of winning to some clear place before dark.

One Saturday afternoon he absconded and turned himself in at the local police station a few hours later.

He was standing at the embrasure instead, looking out over his city much as I myself had looked out at it from the ramparts of Acies Castle earlier that afternoon.

Matters were in this situation, when Tom, one afternoon, finding Sophia alone, began, after a short apology, with a very serious face, to acquaint her that he had a favour to ask of her which he hoped her goodness would comply with.

He was thinking of something so widely different, being seated, in fact, just opposite to Sara, who, fresh from her afternoon sleep, was looking adorably pensive in her black dress edged with a soft white frill that took a heart-shaped curve in front, just wide enough to show the exquisite hollow in the lower part of her throat.

He was to have taken in the establishment of the Mortlake Aeroplane Company this afternoon.

But if she would like to come here this afternoon with her sewing, the neighbors are coming too, and so is Ali Aga, to amuse us.

Kamposea Agora, several times, bringing her to worship at the Cmiral, spending an entire afternoon with her in the Temple of Xothei, laughing as she marveled at its great dome and listening as she explained how the Ceneians had built it in near antiquity.

Left to himself that afternoon, Alec wandered out into the gardens again.

Watching the girls trying to teach Alec a country dance in the hall one snowy afternoon toward the end of the week, Micum realized he was going to miss the boy when he was gone.

On watch in the fir tree early the third afternoon, Alec saw Stamie emerge though the postern with a large basket on her back and set off into the woods.

On each wall was painted a fantasy mural of the sea, so that it appeared as if they were dining alfresco, on a calm ocean during a bright afternoon, surrounded by graceful sailboats.

She spent the rest of the afternoon in trying to decide between a black alpaca and a green cashmere dress.

Late in the afternoon her voice finally hoarsened and the Amar let her stop.

It was a production he had carried out carefully during the afternoon while he and Amity had worked on the Hermetico project.