evening

noun4

1. •
   the time of day that comes after the afternoon and ends at night

   • Toward evening, there was heavy rain.
   • I met my wife on a summer's evening in 1999.
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 party or gathering held in the evening.

   • A few Gorllewin Cymru/West Wales Branch members attended an evening at the Dragon Hotel, Swansea, titled Photographic Techniques in Industry. — 1980
4. •
   (figurative) A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.

   • It was the evening of the Roman Empire.