Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun evening

3 senses of evening

Sense 1
evening, eve, even, eventide -- (the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake")
       => day, daytime, daylight -- (the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime")

Sense 2
evening -- (a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire")
       => time period, period of time, period -- (an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period")

Sense 3
evening -- (the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera")
       => time period, period of time, period -- (an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb even

3 senses of even

Sense 1
flush, level, even out, even -- (make level or straight; "level the ground")
       => change surface -- (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)

Sense 2
even, even out -- (become even or more even; "even out the surface")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 3
even, even out -- (make even or more even)
       => regularize, regularise -- (make regular or more regular; "regularize the heart beat with a pace maker")
          Phrasal Verb-> even out#1; even off#1; even up#1

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