afternoon
/ˌæf.tɚˈnun/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.72 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In the afternoon.
Archaic
intj
Example Sentences
- "Theſe men ſerue God in the forenoone, and the diuell in the after noone;"
- "The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house."
- "If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on his stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking."
- "Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light."
- "And I love to live so pleasantly/Live this life of luxury/Lazing on a sunny afternoon/In the summertime"
- "For several days, Mr. Sammler returning on the customary bus late afternoons from the Forty-second Street Library had been watching a pickpocket at work […] Mr. Sammler if he had not been a tall straphanger would not with his one good eye have seen these things happening."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: afternone
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌæf.tɚˈnun/
- British English: /ˌɑːf.təˈnuːn/