Definition
the (early) afternoon: (at the start of) the period between midday and evening
good afternoon: hello, hi (in the second part of the day)
- "Meet me in my office this afternoon!"
- "I'm sending the kid over to your place this afternoon."
- "Good afternoon everyone."
- "Owner : Good afternoon, sir."
- "I need you this afternoon to run some errands, pick up my dry cleaning, and I have this weird rash that I need you to look at."
- "I don't have any appointments this afternoon."
- "The local time is 3:30 in the afternoon, and the temperature is 10 degrees celsius, and it is, of course, raining heavily."
- "And this afternoon, the interviews to hire Horatio's replacement are starting."
- "How was your afternoon in Paris?"
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