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noun ADJ. this, tomorrow, yesterday | Friday, Saturday, etc. | early, late | April, May, etc. | spring, summer, etc. | long the long sunny afternoons | golden, hot, sunny, warm | grey, rainy, wet VERB + AFTERNOON spend We spent the afternoon sitting by the pool. AFTERNOON + VERB progress, wear on As the afternoon wore on he began to look unhappy. AFTERNOON + NOUN tea Afternoon tea is served on the terrace. | light, sun The afternoon sun shone full on her. PREP. by ~, during the ~, in the ~, on Monday, etc. ~ PHRASES an/the afternoon off You deserve an afternoon off.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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afternoon
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + afternoon
Monday/Friday/Saturday etc afternoon
• Did you see the football on Saturday afternoon?
this afternoon
(= today in the afternoon )
• I'll come round to your house this afternoon.
early/late afternoon
• I arrived in Boston in the early afternoon.
all afternoon/the whole afternoon
• You left the lights on all afternoon.
adverbs
tomorrow afternoon
• What are you doing tomorrow afternoon?
yesterday afternoon
• I went to see mum yesterday afternoon.
AFTERNOON + noun
an afternoon nap
(= short sleep )
• Dad was having his Sunday afternoon nap.
the afternoon sun
• It was too hot to go out in the afternoon sun.
afternoon tea
(= a light meal eaten in the afternoon with a cup of tea )
• Some people still have afternoon tea at 4 o'clock.
the middle of the afternoon
• It was the middle of a long hot summer afternoon.
verbs
spend the afternoon somewhere/doing something
• We decided to spend the afternoon in town.
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Phrase(s): (Good) afternoon.
1. the appropriate greeting for use between noon and supper time. • Sally: How are you today? Jane: Good afternoon. How are you? Sally: Fine, thank you. • Bob: Afternoon. Nice to see you. Bill: Good afternoon. How are you? Bob: Fine, thanks. 2. an expression used on departure or for dismissal between noon and supper time. (Meaning "I wish you a good afternoon.") • Sally: See you later, Bill. Bill: Afternoon. See you later. • Mary: Nice to see you. Tom: Good afternoon. Take care.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs