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Most people work during the daytime and go home in the evening. The most standard working hours for most people are from 9 am until 5 pm. It is unlikely people working these hours would consider anything before 5 pm to be "evening". The etymology of the word "evening" means the coming of the end of the day. You're probably familiar with the ...
Noon is at 12:00 PM. Afternoon is from 12:01 PM to around 5:00 PM. Evening is from 5:01 PM to 8 PM, or around sunset. Night is from sunset to sunrise, so from 8:01 PM until 5:59 AM. This is just a general outline - it's more common to categorize these times based upon one's activities. For example, we eat breakfast in the morning and dinner in ...
To a large extent the start of 'evening' is a matter of opinion or convention. The Oxford Dictionaries say that it 'usually' starts at 'about' 6 PM. Note the lack of a definite rule. Evening. NOUN. 1 The period of time at the end of the day, usually from about 6 p.m. to bedtime. it was seven o'clock in the evening. Evening (Lexico)
to be more precise it would be. 12:00 PM - 7:59:59 PM --> AFTERNOON. 8:00 PM - 3:59:59 AM --> EVENING. 4:00AM - 11:59:59 AM --> MORNING. So basically you could say Good morning at 4:05 AM, Good ...
The context of latitude and season might make it more likely to use evening and night earlier. For example, in summer, at high latitude, a speaker would be more likely to say, "five in the afternoon," or even, "six in the afternoon." On a dreary winter day, when it could be dark by 3 PM, those might be considered night time.
The evening, meaning the end of the day, doesn't have a fixed time. It is defined as that period between late afternoon and night; for some that means the period of dusk, or twilight, from sundown ...
So yes, I would say that, unless there's some strange context here, 10 PM could be considered "late in the evening". Share. Improve this answer. Follow. answered Jul 20, 2015 at 15:33. Kevin. 8,034 24 32. Add a comment.
3. Since you've mentioned that it's only 6pm then "Good evening" is your choice, it means " expressing good wishes on meeting or parting during the evening. ". However, " good evening " by itself is considered more of a greeting rather than a farewell so I recommend saying " Have a good evening " instead. You could also say something like ...
Jul 17, 2014 at 8:33. 1. In Australia you'd only say "good morning" (a) if it actually is morning, (b) if you've not yet realised it's actually afternoon, or (c) ironically, if someone was expected in the morning but arrived after noon. – nnnnnn. Dec 19, 2014 at 11:46.
What is considered afternoon and evening? Afternoon is the time period from midday (12:00 noon) or the midday meal to around 6:00 pm or sunset. Evening is the time period which follows, and it ...