Meaning

3 senses
  1. Any star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter.

  2. An evening primrose (Oenothera biennis).

    осли́нник двуле́тнийoslínnik dvulétnij, эноте́ра двуле́тняяenotɛ́ra dvulétnjaja

  3. Mentzelia pumila (dwarf mentzelia) and other species of genus Mentzelia.

More definitions
  • a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky

Examples

4 sentences
  1. They spent their evenings watching the stars by the ocean.

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  2. Her gray eyes lit up until they looked like evening stars.

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  3. We call it the Evening Star.

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  4. Venus is called the Evening Star. It is called this because it looks so bright to us from Earth.

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Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Oenothera biennis:

Origin

From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra.

From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra.

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Forms

plural: evening stars
Singularevening star
Pluralevening stars

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky:HesperusVesper

Antonyms

2 antonyms

See also

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