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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Treasury yields climbed across maturities in Asia’s afternoon trade.

From The Wall Street Journal

For much of the afternoon they resorted to trying to bore Head out with a field spread far and wide - a tactic that must have hurt Ben Stokes to the core.

From BBC

A news conference that police in Providence, Rhode Island, had planned for Thursday afternoon was abruptly cancelled, but they said they expected to give an update later in the day.

From BBC

In Massachusetts, a spokesman for the Norfolk County District Attorney’s office said the office had no comment on a potential link and that a homicide investigation was “active and ongoing” as of Thursday afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal

An afternoon office poker game would have shocked him.

From The Wall Street Journal