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Meaning of evening shift

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

evening

Pronunciation:/ˈivnɪŋ/

noun

Definitions

  1. The time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark.

  2. The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.

  3. A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.

    Example: It was the evening of the Roman Empire.

  4. A party or gathering held in the evening.

evening

Pronunciation:/ˈiːvənɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To make flat and level.

    Example: We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low.

  2. To equal.

  3. To be equal.

    Example: Thrice nine evens twenty seven.

  4. To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.

    Example: We need to even the score.