afternoon

[af-ter-noon, ahf-, af-ter-noon, ahf-, af-, ahf-] / ˌæf tərˈnun, ˌɑf-, ˈæf tərˈnun, ˈɑf-, ˌæf-, ˌɑf- /

NOUN

period after 12 noon and before sunset

Synonyms

STRONG

siesta teatime

WEAK

P.M. cocktail hour post meridian

Example Sentences

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That’s what I did on a recent Friday afternoon, where I met locals like Kimberly Beauchaine out in the neighborhood — yes — walking.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

The sheer volume is so tough to manage that it may not open until the afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Ethos Technologies was trading around $18.50 Tuesday afternoon.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Police said, even early in their investigation, they had started to pick up on inconsistencies in Nix's story about what happened to Andrea on the afternoon of 6 June 1978.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

My father stopped me on the stairs the next afternoon.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

Vocabulary lists containing afternoon

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