evening
/ˈiːv(ə)nɪŋ/
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- Ending
- Final ng sound
e - ve - ning -> evening
(n) ညနေ။
၁။ [C, U] ညချမ်း။ ညနေ။
I'll come and see you tomorrow evening.
❍ We were at home yesterday evening.
❍ One warm summer evening…/On a warm summer evening… ❍ the long winter evenings ❍ In the evening I usually read.
❍ Let's meet on Sunday evening. ❍ the evening performance. ❍ MORNING
၂။ [C] (ည) ဆည်းဆာပွဲ။
A theatre evening (ie an evening at the theatre) has been arranged. ❍ musical evenings
(ie evenings especially for listening to or playing music).
❏ evening class n
(သက်ကြီးများအတွက်) ညကျောင်း။
I'm doing French evening classes this year. See also NIGHT SCHOOL
❏ evening dress n
၁။ [U] ညချမ်းပွဲလမ်းဝတ်စုံ။
Everyone was in (full) evening dress.
၂။ [C] (ပွဲလမ်းဝတ်) ဂါဝန်ရှည်။
❏ evening paper n ညနေသတင်းစာ။
I saw the advert in the local evening paper.
❏ evenings adv (esp US ) ညဉ့်ဦးတိုင်း။ ညဉ့်ဦးပိုင်းတွင်။ He works evenings.
❏ good evening [IDM ] မင်္ဂလာညချမ်းပါ။
‘Good evening, sir. ’ ‘Good evening. ’
- We spend most evenings reading or listening to music.
- [on Monday/Tuesday etc evening] : I’ll see you on Monday evening, OK?
- [on Monday/Tuesday etc evening(s)] : We usually go to the theatre on Thursday evenings (=every Thursday evening).
- [in the evening(s)] : I’m so tired in the evenings, all I want to do is sit and watch television.
- [yesterday/tomorrow evening] : Police say the incident took place at around 9 o’clock yesterday evening.
- An evening meal/performance/newspaper
- A musical evening, featuring local performers
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