this evening
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- adverb
:
esta tarde (si es por la tarde)
- "Could I get this done by this evening?" the man asked.
- look this evening
I'm going to take us out this evening on a song here.
- I'm going to take us out this evening on a song here.
- But this evening, this evening I want to ask a question.
- Hern, can you tell me where you were this evening?
- First, we're not debating single payer this evening.
- It is important to be with you this evening.
- So yeah, I'm going to try this combo this evening.
- Tonight's question goes to both of our guests this evening.
- So I hope that this evening I will be able to engage your sense of humor.
Examples
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I'll be back this evening by 8:30.
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I tried calling a few times this evening.
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But this evening, this evening I want to ask a question.
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- What are you doing this evening?
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I will meet you here this evening, at the stroke of seven.
Fiction book (1992) -
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this evening's lecture.
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We weren't expecting you home until this evening.
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Now, after President Botstein's lecture this evening, we will have a few questions.
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Join me in welcoming our speaker this evening, George Schultz.
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I have an appointment with the dentist this evening.
Synonyms
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The night of this day after sunset and before you sleep
Surface Forms
Morphology
The time meaning 'during the evening of the current day' is directly and compositionally derived from the demonstrative 'this' (indicating the current/near context) plus 'evening' (the late-afternoon-to-night period). This deictic temporal phrase follows a transparent and cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase this evening simply means the evening of today: this means 'today' and evening is the time between late afternoon and night. So, when you say this evening you are saying something will happen 'tonight', not on another day.