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evening

exclamation
 
 
/ˈiːv.nɪŋ/ informal

Definition

a friendly way of greeting someone when you meet them in the evening: Evening, Tom! Where are you off to this evening? → Compare good evening
(Definition of evening exclamation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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