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mid-evening

mid-evening

1 2.8
The time around the middle of the evening
  • noun
: mediados de la noche
  • The park is particularly beautiful at mid-evening, just when the sun begins to set.

Examples

  • During mid-evening, the streets are filled with people heading out for a night of entertainment.

  • We usually have dinner around mid-evening, so we can enjoy some family time afterwards.

  • So this is what it does from like mid to late morning all the way till, I don't know, mid evening and that starts to get into a little bit more shade.

How Long

dusk to dawn
2 3.5
nightfall
60 2.1
mid-evening
1 2.8

Surface Forms

mid-evening singular
mid-evenings plural

Morphology

mid-evening = evening (transparent) = mid + evening

The prefix 'mid-' straightforwardly denotes the middle portion of 'evening', forming a noun for that time period.

Etymology

Mid-evening combines mid- ('middle') and evening ('the time after afternoon') and so names a time around the middle of the evening. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the 'halfway' point of the evening, between early and late evening.