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How to pronounce “afternoon”
Hear “afternoon” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for afternoon
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of afternoon with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Shrinks: the Untold Story of Psychiatry
MALE SPEAKER: Good afternoon, everybody.
- Definition summary
- The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce afternoon
Shrinks: the Untold Story of Psychiatry

MALE SPEAKER: Good afternoon, everybody.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “afternoon”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
- (figuratively) The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.
- (informal) A party or social event held in the afternoon.
- [Adverb]
- (archaic in the singular) In the afternoon.
- [Interjection]
- Ellipsis of good afternoon.
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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