Afternoon meaning in English

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Definition

the (early) afternoon: (at the start of) the period between midday and evening noun
good afternoon: hello, hi (in the second part of the day) idiom

Examples

  • "Let me take your address, and I'll send a technician over this afternoon for an on-site evaluation."
  • "See you this afternoon"
  • "Hannah : Ok, I'll bring you the article this afternoon."
  • "Harold Warbuckle : Good afternoon, Harold P."
  • "Owner : Good afternoon, sir."
  • "I don't have any appointments this afternoon."
  • "Polly Watson : Good afternoon, this is Polly Watson, calling on behalf of Bruno Delavigne."
  • "How was your afternoon in Paris?"
  • "I can bring the necessary paperwork to your office this afternoon if you wish to go through with the recall."
  • "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."
  • "What would you like to talk about this afternoon?"
  • "The psychopath probably ordered on Friday afternoon, and it wasn't shipped until Monday."
  • "Bob : Good afternoon, Mr. Warbuckle."
  • "I'm sending the kid over to your place this afternoon."
  • "Have a safe and happy afternoon"
  • "Please find attached the Powerpoint presentation for your sales lecture at San Francisco University this afternoon."
  • "The early afternoon would suit me best: let's say 2.30PM."
  • "Due to an emergency, I will not be present this afternoon to interview candidates for the new janitor job at Delavigne."
  • "My darling wife, Sophie, gave birth to the seven-pound two-ounce cutie at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon."
  • "Just a reminder that this afternoon we have Harold Warbuckle's tour."

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