Good Evening - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 good evening From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgood eveninggood ˈevening ●●● S3 formal    HELLOused to say hello when you are greeting someone in the evening, especially someone you do not know → good afternoon, good morning, good nightRegisterIn informal everyday English, people often just say Evening. If you don't want to sound formal or informal, you can just say Hello:Evening, Tom.good eveninggood eveningused to greet someone when you meet them in the evening → eveningExamples from the Corpusgood evening• Have a good evening. 1904 How can you, you have class tomorrow night?• Dearest Timothy: It is a good evening to sit in this pleasant room and write a letter.• Ah, good evening, Lestrade!• We exchange slightly embarrassed good evenings with them as we leave.• A bad morning, a good afternoon and - perhaps - an even better evening.• Behind the glass I see her tell everyone good evening.• A policeman walked by, wished me good evening and ushered a warning.• But for now from all the team, have a very good evening. Exercises Exercises

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