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# afternoon

noun (afternoon, afternoons)

«afternoon» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The afternoon is the part of the day after midday (12 o'clock) and before evening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afternoon/#m1)
2. «Good afternoon» is a greeting used in the afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afternoon/#m2)

### In the lessons

a time of day that splits a story into parts, often morning and afternoon amounts to be added or compared; times in the afternoon are written p.m.; phrases: «in the afternoon», «this afternoon», «on Saturday afternoon», «good afternoon»

### Examples

- She sold 20 cakes in the morning and 15 in the afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afternoon/#x1)
- In the afternoon, 9 more birds came. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afternoon/#x2)
- He read 12 pages in the afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afternoon/#x3)
- How many more did she pick in the morning than in the afternoon? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afternoon/#x4)
- Good afternoon, class! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afternoon/#x5)
- We have art on Friday afternoons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afternoon/#x6)
- It is hottest in the early afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afternoon/#x7)
- 3 p.m. is in the afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afternoon/#x8)
- Caliph Chasid, of Bagdad, was resting comfortably on his divan one fine afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afternoon/#x9)

### Note

A time label, not a thing counted. Amounts in the morning and the afternoon are often added for the whole day. Trap: «how many more in the morning than in the afternoon» asks for a difference, not a sum. «in the afternoon» but «on Monday afternoon».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «afternoon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afternoon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«afternoon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/afternoon.html) on Mova free.