Afternoon

  

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Afternoon

Definition: Afternoon

Afternoon

Adjective

1. In the afternoon; "the afternoon hours".

Noun

1. The part of the day between noon and evening; "he spent a quiet afternoon in the park".

2. A conventional expression of greeting or farewell.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "afternoon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Afternoon

DomainDefinition

Dream Interpretation

For a woman to dream of an afternoon, denotes she will form friendships which will be lasting and entertaining. A cloudy, rainy afternoon, implies disappointment and displeasure. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Multilingual Slang

English (arvo). (references)

Slang

Arvo. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Afternoon

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
aft.EnglishAfternoonGeography

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Afternoon

Synonyms: afternoon(a) (adj), good afternoon (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Afternoon

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Evening

Afternoon, postmeridian, p.m.

Inactivity

Idler, drone, droil, dawdle, mopus; do-little faineant, dummy, sleeping partner; afternoon farmer; truant; (runaway) : bummer, loafer, goldbrick, goldbicker, lounger, lazzarone; lubber, lubbard; slow coach; (slow.); opium eater, lotus eater; slug; lag, sluggard, slugabed; slumberer, dormouse, marmot; waiter on Providence, fruges consumere natus.

Sociality

Party, entertainment, reception, levee, at, home, conversazione, soiree, matin_e; evening party, morning party, afternoon party, bridge party, garden party, surprise party; kettle, kettle drum; partie carr_e, dish of tea, ridotto, rout; housewarming; ball, festival; smoker, smoker-party;sociable, stag party, hen party, tamasha; tea-party, tea-fight. (amusement); " the feast of reason and the flow of soul ".

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Afternoon

English words defined with "afternoon": afternoon teacall, cocktail party, commence, common four-o'clockembark on, enjoyableness, Eve, evening, eventidefour o'clock, Four-o'clockmarvel-of-Peru, matinee, midafternoon, Mirabilis jalapa, Mirabilis uniflorapale, pallid, promisinglyshovel, siesta, start, start uptea, tea table, teatime, TenebraeUndermeal, UndernVesperwan. (references)
Specialty definitions using "afternoon": arvoBellsNarrowdale NoonPM, Popcorn ConvectionSalsabil, Scarabee, School,Wailing-place, Jews', Watch on Board Ship, window shopping. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Afternoon" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Pidgin English (afternoon).

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Modern Usage: Afternoon

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Good afternoon, Mr. Roque (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch)

Let's slip away under cover of afternoon in the biggest car in the country (Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie; writing credit: Trace Beaulieu, Paul Chaplin, Bridget Jones, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl)

This afternoon we had a long telephone conversation earlier in the day. (Jail Bait; writing credit: Alex Gordon; Edward D. Wood Jr.)

Caroline, I spent the afternoon with a mobster's girlfriend and she was naked (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro)

The amazing stuff about this is, that you can play 36 holes on it in the afternoon, take it home and just get stoned to the bejeezus-belt that night on this stuff (Caddyshack; writing credit: Brian Doyle-Murray; Harold Ramis)

Lyrics

Tuesday, afternoon, (The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?); performing artist: The Moody Blues)

On a cobweb afternoon (Like A Stone; performing artist: AUDIOSLAVE)

And sleep away the afternoon (Pinch Me; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

Must have been late afternoon (Counting Blue Cars; performing artist: Dishwalla)

Secret moments shared within the heat of the afternoon (I Love You Always Forever; performing artist: Donna Lewis)

Clever

Learn from the past; live for today; look for tomorrow; take a nap this afternoon. (references; author: unknown)

The ladies of the Church have cast off old clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Afternoon at the Festival (1973)

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1973)

Every Afternoon (1972)

Afternoon of a Champion (1972)

Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

Song Titles

Tuesday Afternoon (performing artist: The Moody Blues)

AFTERNOON DELIGHT  (performing artist: Starland Vocal Band )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Afternoon

DomainTitle

Books

  • Afternoon Delights: Coffeehouse Favorites: Cookies & Coffee Cake, Brownies & Bars, Scones & More (reference)

  • Enchanted Afternoon (reference)

  • On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Afternoon

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Photo Album: Afternoon

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Shows photo of Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Photo was taken from side angle during late afternoon sunshine, creating dramatic shadows on building. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Late afternoon. Credit: CDC.

The anticipated celestial bombardment called the Leonid meteor storm on the afternoon of ... Credit: NASA.

South coast of American Samoa late in the afternoon. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Reflections on a sunny afternoon. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Kayakers observing the marsh flora and fauna on a fall afternoon. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Kayaker observing the marsh flora and fauna on a fall afternoon. A huge flock of redwing blackbirds rising from the marsh over the marsh grass. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The tidewater streams of Charleston illuminated in the late afternoon sun. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Each day the cloud cover rolls up Mauna Loa from the Hilo area. It fills the saddle first, then reaches the observatory by late afternoon. This is a daily cycle. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Puffy cumulus illuminated by late afternoon sun far below a NOAA P-3 returning to base at after a mission. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Afternoon
 

"Late afternoon at the lake" by Norman Johnsen
Commentary: "A late afternoon in winter in the Lake District UK ."
"Hazy Afternoon 2" by Brendan Coghlan
Commentary: "Taken at uni when there was a blanket of smog covering Melbourne. It was an eerie afternoon."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Afternoon".

PlayCaption
Pop-rock style groove typical of an afternoon television show. .
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Afternoon

AuthorQuotation

Henry James

Summer afternoon -- summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

Oscar Wilde

This morning I took out a comma and this afternoon I put it back in again.

Theodore Roosevelt

I am hard at work on my message to Congress, and accordingly shall not try to go out or see any one either this afternoon or this evening. All of this work is terribly puzzling at times, but I peg away at it, and every now and then, when the dust clears away and I look around, I feel that I really have accomplished a little, at any rate.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Afternoon

AuthorDateQuotation

Winston S. Churchill

1946

I am glad to come to Westminster College this afternoon, and am complimented that you should give me a degree. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Afternoon

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

Give me till Sunday afternoon.

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

He would probably return, by a certain hour, in the afternoon of the morrow

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

In the afternoon following the visit of Javert, M. Madeleine went to see Fantine as usual

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

On Friday confession will be heard all the afternoon after beads

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The afternoon was advancing rapidly, and a richer tone was growing on the sun.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I have passed many an afternoon very agreeably in these conversations

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

For the rest of the long afternoon, perhaps, my meditations are interrupted only by the faint rattle of a carriage or team along the distant highway

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Afternoon

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

I can have _____ ounce(s) of ______________ in the afternoon. (references)

Sundowning -- the tendency for the behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer's disease to grow worse in the afternoon and evening. (references)

In Segawa's dystonia, the symptoms fluctuate during the day from relative mobility in the morning to increasingly worse disability in the afternoon and evening as well as after exercise. (references)

Business

Most private sector companies do not open on Thursday afternoon or on Friday. (references)

Government offices are closed on Thursday and Friday, and most private sector firms do not open on Thursday afternoon and on Friday. (references)

The private sector normally works a six-day week from 0800/0900 to 1300 hours and resumes for an afternoon session, usually from 1600 to 1930 hours except on Thursday when they close at 1300 hours. (references)

Children

Bosnia and Herzegovina

So-called national subjects (language, history and music) were still taught separately in afternoon classes, but materials that could be hateful or offensive to others were eliminated. (references)

Civil Liberties

Tunisia

By the afternoon, dozens of Bensedrine's supporters had come to the courthouse and were dispersed peacefully by police. (references)

Bahrain

However, in January the Government ceased conducting surveillance of Al-Jamri's residence and permitted him to lead Friday afternoon prayers. (references)

Economic History

Bangladesh

Radio Bangladesh broadcasts over 20 hours per day; BTV broadcasts primarily in the afternoon and evening. (references)

Israel

Israel strictly observes the Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon Sabbath and special permits must be obtained from the government authorizing Sabbath employment. (references)

Yemen

The maximum ad rate on Channel One for imported brand products during afternoon hours (from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.) is $300 per 30 seconds between programs and $390 per 30 seconds during programs. (references)

Human Rights

Cote d'Ivoire

On July 31, the judicial chamber of the Supreme Court annulled Palenfo's guilty verdict, and he was released the following afternoon. (references)

Guatemala

The unit from Military Zone 12, charged with providing perimeter security at the prison, was suspiciously not present at the time of the escape on a Sunday afternoon. (references)

Belarus

The police would not allow the youths to contact their relatives or lawyers and held them at the station until the afternoon of April 6. The lawyers met with their clients on April 6 but were not allowed to speak with their clients alone. (references)

Political Economy

Tunisia

The London-based Al-Mustaquella satellite television program began in April broadcasting to the country, devoting 2 hours each Sunday afternoon to call-in segments that focus on democracy, and civil and human rights. (references)

Political Rights

Cote d'Ivoire

However, during the afternoon of October 23, 2000, soldiers and gendarmes entered the National Elections Commission (CNE) to stop the count. (references)

Travel

Uae

Private UAE companies close Thursday afternoon and Friday. (references)

Worker Rights

Azerbaijan

There is a 1-hour lunch break per day and shorter breaks in the morning and afternoon. (references)

Venezuela

In the 1996 National Institute for Minors survey of working children, half of the children worked both morning and afternoon, and 64.5 percent worked 6 or 7 days a week. (references)

Vietnam

Due to lack of classroom space, most schools operate two sessions, and children attend either morning or afternoon sessions; a result of attending school only half days is that children are able both to attend classes and to work. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

SCARABEE, n. The same as scarabaeus. He fell by his own hand Beneath the great oak tree. He'd traveled in a foreign land. He tried to make her understand The dance that's called the Saraband, But he called it Scarabee. He had called it so through an afternoon, And she, the light of his harem if so might be, Had smiled and said naught. O the body was fair to see, All frosted there in the shine o' the moon -- Dead for a Scarabee And a recollection that came too late. O Fate! They buried him where he lay, He sleeps awaiting the Day, In state, And two Possible Puns, moon-eyed and wan, Gloom over the grave and then move on. Dead for a Scarabee! Fernando Tapple

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Afternoon

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

Thousands of smokers are expected Saturday at one o'clock in the afternoon in New York at South Ferry where they'll begin a march on City Hall.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Afternoon

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963Inasmuch as this goes a long way toward reducing the danger which faced this Hemisphere four weeks ago, I have this afternoon instructed the Secretary of Defense to lift our naval quarantine.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969On the basis of communications from Ambassador Fisher in Geneva this afternoon, I am encouraged to believe that a draft treaty can be laid before the conference in Geneva in the very near future.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Afternoon

"Afternoon" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Afternoon" is used about 8,411 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%8,4111,147

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Afternoon

Expressions using "afternoon": afternoon coffee afternoon lady afternoon meal afternoon nap afternoon snooze afternoon tea afternoon work beg off the afternoon early afternoon good afternoon in mid afternoon in the afternoon late afternoon of an afternoon the afternoon of life this afternoon tomorrow afternoon yesterday afternoon. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "afternoon": afternoon-shift.

Ending with "afternoon": late-afternoon, mid-afternoon.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Afternoon

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dog day afternoon

296

afternoon good

7

afternoon delight

109

death in the afternoon

7

afternoon tea

91

afternoon debussy

7

afternoon

61

afternoon london tea

7

northwest afternoon

45

afternoon gaudi

7

sunday afternoon

37

afternoon balthazars marvelous

7

afternoon delight lyrics

29

afternoon lyrics sunday

6

afternoon delight song

29

afternoon ballet nijinsky

6

afternoon tea recipe

23

afternoon of a faun

6

afternoon hat sunday

19

afternoon wedding

6

disney afternoon

16

seurat sunday afternoon

5

lazy afternoon

15

afternoon groovin sunday

5

love in the afternoon

15

afternoon dress wedding

5

sunday afternoon on the island of la grande jatte

13

afternoon grande island jatte la seurat sunday

5

english afternoon tea

11

afternoon of an elf

5

afternoon tuesday

10

afternoon kinks lyrics sunny

5

afternoon tea party

10

afternoon stroll

5

afternoon faun prelude

9

afternoon old school

5

afternoon menu tea

9

afternoon lyrics tuesday

5

afternoon meshes

9

afternoon hot it lyrics

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Afternoon

Language Translations for "afternoon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

agtermiddag, middag (good afternoon). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

pasdreke, pasdite (post meridiem). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏الجزء الأخير من, ‏الاصيل بعد الظهر, ‏أصيلي. (various references)

   

Aymara

  

jayp'u. (various references)

   

Basque

  

arratsalde. (various references)

   

Breton

  

endervezh. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

следобед (post meridiem). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

下午 (PM). (various references)

   

Cornish

  

dohaje·th. (various references)

   

Croatian

  

popodne. (various references)

   

Czech

  

odpoledne (in the afternoon). (various references)

   

Danish

  

eftermiddag. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

middag (midday, noon), namiddag. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

posttagmezo, posttagmeze. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

seinnapartur. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

عصر (Age, Epoch, Era, Period), بعدازظهر. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

iltapäivä. (various references)

   

Flemish

  

namiddags. (various references)

   

French

  

après-midi. (various references)

   

French Canadian

  

l'après-midi (the afternoon). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

goemiddei (good afternoon). (various references)

   

Galician

  

tarde (late). (various references)

   

German

  

Nachmittag (pm). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

απόγευμα. (various references)

   

Guarani

  

ka'aruetépe (in the very afternoon), ka'arúpe (in the afternoon), ika'arúma (it's already afternoon). (various references)

   

Haitian Creole

  

apremidi. (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

pasdreke, pasdite. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

אחר הצהרים (p.m.). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

délután (aft, in the afternoon, p.m., post meridiem), délutáni (postmeridian). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

góðan daginn (good afternoon, good day, good morning). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

ashar, sore (verper). (various references)

   

Irish

  

trÚthnóna, iarnóin. (various references)

   

Italian

  

pomeriggio. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

昼過ぎ , アフガン編み (Afghan stitch, after, aftercare, afternoon dress, afternoon shadow, after-recording, afterservice, after-shave lotion, after-ski, warranty service), 午后  (p.m.), 午后 (p.m., pm), 午後  (P.M., pm), 午後 (p.m., pm). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ひるすぎ (after noon), ごご (p.m., pm), アフタヌーン . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

오후. (various references)

   

Lombard

  

dopomezzdì. (various references)

   

Luganda

  

olweggulo. (various references)

   

Luxembourgish

  

mëtteg (mid-day). (various references)

   

Malay

  

petang. (various references)

   

Manx

  

lurg munlaa (p.m), fastyragh (evening, late in the day, vesperal), fastyr (evening, from noon to darkness, postmeridian, vesper). (various references)

   

Mohawk

  

entye nikare (in the afternoon). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

ettermiddag. (various references)

   

Occitan

  

après-dinnada, vèspre. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

atardi. (various references)

   

Pidgin English

  

afternoon. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

afternoonay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

popołudnie. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

tarde (evening, late, tardy). (various references)

   

Portuguese Brazilian

  

tarde (late). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

dupåamiazå, dupã-amiazã. (various references)

   

Romany

  

avsha misti (late afternoon), kuy khorichka (early afternoon). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

время после полудня (time after noon), после полудня (p.m., pm, post meridiem), полдень (afternoons, meridian, midday, noon, noonday, nooning, noontime, stroke of noon). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

feasgar (evening). (various references)

   

Sepedi

  

mathapama. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

poslepodne, popodnevni (postmeridian), popodne (pm, post meridiem). (various references)

   

Sicilian

  

pomeriggiu. (various references)

   

Slovene

  

popoldne. (various references)

   

Somali

  

galabnimo, galab. (various references)

   

Sotho

  

thapama (in the afternoon). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tarde (eve, evening, late, latest, tardy). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

alasiri. (various references)

   

Swazi

  

ín-tsambáma. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

eftermiddag (evening). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

hapon (Japanese). (various references)

   

Tahitian

  

avatea. (various references)

   

Tswana

  

tshokologong, thapama. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

öğleden sonra (in the afternoon, p.m, pip emma, post meridiem). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

цяle/цяlдn, цяle, цяlдn. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

час після обіду, час після полудня, післяобідній (after-dinner, postprandial). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

buổi chiều (evening). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

prynhawnol (evening), prynhawn. (various references)

   

Wolof

  

ngoon. (various references)

   

Zulu

  

intambama. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Afternoon

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

meridianus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Afternoon

LanguageDateSourceJudges Chapter 19, Verse 8
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai wrqrisen to prwi th hmera th pempth tou apelqein kai eipen o pathr thV neanidoV sthrison thn kardian sou artw kai strateuqhti ewV klinh h hmera kai efagon kai epion amfoteroi
Latin405VulgateMane facto parabat Levites iter cui rursum socer oro te inquit ut paululum cibi capias et adsumptis viribus donec increscat dies postea proficiscaris comederunt ergo simul
Middle English1395WyclifForsothe erely bigunne the Leuyte made redi the weye; to whom the fader in lawe eft. I biseche, he seith, that a litil of meet thou take, and strengthis nomen to the tyme that ful sprynge the day, and after go thow forth. Thei eten thanne to gider.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thy heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they ate both of them.
Basic English1964OgdenThen early on the morning of the fifth day he got up to go away; but the girl's father said, Keep up your strength; so the two of them had a meal, and the man and his woman and his servant did not go till after the middle of the day.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Afternoon

LanguageJudges Chapter 19, Verse 8
CebuanoUg siya mibangon ug sayo sa pagkabuntag sayo sa ikalima na ka adlaw aron molakat; ug ang amahan sa babaye miingon: Lig-ona ang imong kasingkasing, ako nagahangyo kanimo, ug pabilin dinhi hangtud sa pagkapalis sa adlaw; ug silang duha nangaon.
CroatianPetoga dana levit urani da krene, ali mu otac mlade žene reèe: "Okrijepi se najprije!" Tako su proveli vrijeme jeduæi zajedno dok se nije nagnuo dan.
DanishTidligt om Morgenen den femte Dag vilde han drage bort, men den unge Kvindes Fader sagde til ham: "Styrk dig først!" De ventede da, til Dagen hældede, og spiste og drak begge to.
DutchAls hij op den vijfden dag des morgens vroeg op was, om weg te trekken, zo zeide de vader van de jonge vrouw: Sterk toch uw hart. En zij vertoefden, totdat de dag zich neigde; en zij beiden aten te zamen.
FinnishViidentenä päivänä hän varhain aamulla nousi lähteäksensä, mutta naisen isä sanoi hänelle: "Vahvista itseäsi, ja viipykää iltapäivään asti". Niin he söivät toistensa kanssa.
FrenchLe cinquième jour, il se leva de bon matin pour partir. Alors le père de la jeune femme dit: Fortifie ton coeur, je te prie; et restez jusqu`au déclin du jour. Et ils mangèrent eux deux.
GermanDes Morgens am fünften Tage machte er sich früh auf und wollte ziehen. Da sprach der Dirne Vater: Labe doch dein Herz und laß uns verziehen, bis sich der Tag neigt. Und aßen also die beiden miteinander.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPada hari kelima, pagi-pagi sekali, ketika ia hendak berangkat, ayah wanita itu berkata lagi, "Ayo, makanlah dulu; sebentar baru berangkat." Maka mereka berdua makan bersama dan berlambat-lambat sampai matahari mulai terbenam.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka pada hari yang kelima bangunlah ia pagi-pagi hendak berjalan, tetapi kata bapa perempuan muda itu: Senangkanlah kiranya hatimu. Maka tinggal juga mereka itu di sana sampai lingsir hari dan keduanyapun makanlah bersama-sama.
MaoriA i te rima o nga ra ka maranga wawe ia ki te haere, a ka mea te papa o te kotiro, Kia ora tou ngakau: e noho korua kia titaha ra te ra; a kai ana raua tokorua.
NorwegianDen femte dag stod han atter tidlig op om morgenen og vilde reise sin vei. Da sa den unge kvinnes far: Kjære, få dig først noget å styrke dig med, og så får I bie til det lider over middag. Så åt de begge sammen.
PortugueseTambém ao quinto dia madrugaram para partir; e disse o pai da moça: Ora, conforta o teu coração, e detém-te até o declinar do dia. E ambos juntos comeram.   
RumanianKn ziua a cincea, s`a sculat dis de dimineayq sq plece. Atunci tatql tinerei femei a zis: ,,Kntqrewte-yi mai kntki inima, te rog; wi rqmki pknq ce se va pleca ziua spre searq.`` Wi au mkncat amkndoi.
SwedishPå femte dagen stod han åter upp bittida om morgonen för att resa; då sade kvinnans fader: "Vederkvick dig först, och dröjen så till eftermiddagen." Därefter åto de båda tillsammans.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Afternoon

Derivations

Words beginning with "afternoon": afternoons. (additional references)

Words ending with "afternoon": midafternoon. (additional references)

Words containing "afternoon": midafternoons. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Afternoon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: afternnon, afterno, afteroon, aternoon, efternoon, safternoon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Afternoon"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "afternoon" (pronounced a'fternuw"n)
3-n uw" nnoon.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Afternoon

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-f-n-n-o-o-r-t"

-2 letters: fronton.

-3 letters: atoner, enroot, fanner, foetor, footer, natron, nonart, nonfat, ornate, ratoon, tanner, tonner.

-4 letters: afoot, afore, after, anent, antre, atone, fanon, fetor, forte, frena, front, nonet, noter, oaten, oater, often, ofter, orate, tenon, tenor, toner, tonne, trona, trone.

-5 letters: aeon, aero, anon, ante, earn, etna, fane, fano, fare, faro, fate, fear, feat, fern.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-f-n-n-o-o-r-t"
 

+1 letter: afternoons, oceanfront.

 

+2 letters: oceanfronts.

 

+3 letters: midafternoon, refoundation.

 

+4 letters: confectionary, confederation, midafternoons, overinflation, refoundations.

 

+5 letters: aforementioned, confederations, foreordination, nonforfeitable, overinflations, reconfirmation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Historic
12. Quotations: Fiction
13. Quotations: Non-fiction
14. Quotations: Spoken
15. Quotations: Speeches
16. Usage Frequency
17. Expressions
18. Expressions: Internet
19. Translations: Modern
20. Translations: Ancient
21. Bible Trace
22. Abbreviations
23. Acronyms
24. Derivations
25. Rhymes
26. Anagrams
27. Bibliography


  

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