afternoon

the part of day between noon and sunset.

The first known use: in the 13th century

Word Structure

9 Letters, 3 Syllable

afternoon

7 Phonemes

a f t er n U n

onset, rime

- -

Morpheme

afternoon

Sentence Examples

I'll see you again tomorrow afternoon.

It was early afternoon when I left.

She spent the afternoon at the library.

I remember the many rainy afternoons I spent reading at the library.

She doesn't have class on Friday afternoons.

It took us all afternoon to get there.

It's going to be a long afternoon listening to lectures.

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