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How to pronounce afternoon in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms good afternoon
Type of word of farewell, farewell, greeting, salutation
Type Words
Type of day, daylight, daytime


he spent a quiet afternoon in the park.

Examples of afternoon

afternoon
My sister Emma, her husband, Jacob, and their children spent the afternoon here.
From the thenewstribune.com
As of Wednesday afternoon, the river was flowing at 2,140 cubic feet per second.
From the thenewstribune.com
A 23-year-old man was found dead Sunday afternoon at a youth camp in Longbranch.
From the thenewstribune.com
Not guilty pleas were entered on Bonds'behalf at his arraignment this afternoon.
From the thenewstribune.com
The Knicks usually have a walkthrough in the afternoon at Madison Square Garden.
From the bostonherald.com
Garrett Willis, Martin Laird and Scott Stallings each had a 66 in the afternoon.
From the bostonherald.com
I'd never seen a scarf quite like the one I saw that afternoon in Neiman Marcus.
From the forbes.com
Top Senate Democrats visited with Obama on Wednesday afternoon to plot strategy.
From the denverpost.com
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 200 points in afternoon trading.
From the washingtontimes.com
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  • The part of the day between noon and evening; "he spent a quiet afternoon in the park"
  • Good afternoon: a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
  • Afternoon is the time of the day between noon and evening. It is the time when the sun is descending from its zenith in the sky to somewhat before its terminus at the horizon in the west direction. In human life, it occupies roughly the latter half of the standard work and school day...
  • Afternoon (styled as (a)fternoon) is the fourth EP by the alternative band Mae. It was released independently on September 24, 2009, in conjunction with Mae Presents: Afternoon Tour. As with their previous releases, it contains songs that will be played in concert in stereoscopic 3D. ...
  • Is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Kodansha. It is a monthly anthology, and each issue typically has around thirty ongoing stories by various authors and runs about 800 pages. Afternoon has spawned many successful seinen manga series such as Oh My Goddess! ...
  • The Afternoon Despatch & Courier is an evening tabloid in Mumbai, India. The newspaper was launched by the late Behram Contractor, better known as "Busybee", on March 25, 1985.
  • Afternoon is a feminist play written in 1883 by Ouida. It features a man, Earl L'Estrange, who marries a peasant girl, Claire Glyon. L'Estrange grows disillusioned with her and it seems she drowned herself. ...
  • Afternoons is an Indie rock band based out of Los Angeles, CA. Started by Irving band members Steven Scott and Brian Canning as an afternoon recording project, Afternoons was informally created in 2006. ...
  • Time of day expressly invented to make conversation difficult.