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How to spell afternoon

What it means: The time of day between midday and evening.

In a sentence: We played soccer in the afternoon. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double o. Often misspelled as afternon or afteroon.

Same family: morning, evening, midday, lunchtime, night. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "afternoon" comes from the idea of the time "after noon"—literally the hours that follow midday. It has been used in English since at least the 13th century to describe the part of the day between noon and evening.

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