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afternoon

1 noun
     
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af‧ter‧noon1 S1 W2 [uncountable and countable]
1TMC the part of the day after the morning and before the evening [↪ morning, evening]COLLOCATIONS COLLOCATIONS
on Monday/Friday/Saturday etc afternoon in the afternoon tomorrow afternoon yesterday afternoon this afternoon (=today in the afternoon) early/late afternoon afternoon nap/snack/session/meeting etc
There's a meeting on Thursday afternoon.
It was very hot in the afternoon.
Are you going into town this afternoon?
We met in the early afternoon.
By late afternoon, Micky had changed his mind.
He was having his afternoon nap.
2

afternoons

during the afternoon every day:
She only works afternoons.
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