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Meaning of "good afternoon" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GOOD AFTERNOON

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WHAT DOES GOOD AFTERNOON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

good afternoon

Greeting

Greeting is an act of communication in which human beings intentionally make their presence known to each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other. Greetings sometimes are used just prior to a conversation or to greet in passing, such as on a sidewalk or trail. While greeting customs are highly culture and situation-specific and may change within a culture depending on social status and relationship, they exist in all known human cultures. Greetings can be expressed both audibly and physically, and often involve a combination of the two. This topic excludes military and ceremonial salutes but includes rituals other than gestures. A greeting can also be expressed in written communications, such as letters and emails. Some epochs and cultures have had very elaborate greeting rituals, for example, greeting of a sovereign. Conversely, secret societies have often furtive or arcane greeting gestures and rituals, such as a secret handshake, which allow members to recognize each other.

Definition of good afternoon in the English dictionary

The definition of good afternoon in the dictionary is a conventional expression of greeting or farewell used in the afternoon.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOOD AFTERNOON

good
good and
good and proper
Good Book
good cholesterol
good day
good egg
good evening
good faith
Good Friday
good hair
Good Hope
good housekeeper
Good King Henry
good looks
good morning
good name
Good Neighbor Policy
good night
good offices

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOOD AFTERNOON

afternoon
balloon
Cameroon
cartoon
Dunoon
forenoon
high noon
honeymoon
hoon
Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon
maroon
midnoon
moon
noon
over the moon
prenoon
soon
spoon
toon
yesterday afternoon

Synonyms and antonyms of good afternoon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «good afternoon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GOOD AFTERNOON

Find out the translation of good afternoon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of good afternoon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «good afternoon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

下午好
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

buenas tardes
570 millions of speakers

English

good afternoon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नमस्कार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مساء الخير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Добрый день
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

boa tarde
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শুভ অপরাহ্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bon après-midi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

selamat petang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

guten Tag
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

こんにちは
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

좋은 오후
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apik sore
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xin chào buổi chiều
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மதிய வணக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शुभ दुपार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tünaydın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

buon pomeriggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dzień dobry
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Добрий день
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bună ziua
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καλό απόγευμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goeie middag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

god eftermiddag
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

god ettermiddag
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of good afternoon

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOOD AFTERNOON»

The term «good afternoon» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.965 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of good afternoon
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GOOD AFTERNOON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «good afternoon» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «good afternoon» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about good afternoon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOOD AFTERNOON»

Discover the use of good afternoon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to good afternoon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Good Morning, Good Afternoon, and Good Night!: Bianca's ...
This book features words in Spanish that are translated to English. This book can be used in teaching children a second language at an early age. We believe this book will give children a head start in life.
David Luera, 2004
2
Good Afternoon Gentlemen, the Name's Bill Gardner
And many familiar faces have queued up to add their comments in this book which shows just what it is that makes Bill Gardner unique among the toughest and the greatest of them all.
Bill Gardner, 2006
3
A Bad Afternoon for a Piece of Cake: A Collection of Ten ...
A Bad Afternoon for a Piece of Cake: A Collection of Ten Short Stories. Internationally acclaimed author Diane Ladd is pleased to bring her second book to print.
Diane Ladd, 2012
4
Getting Ready to Read with Readers Theatre
Reader One: Good afternoon! Good afternoon! Reader Two: It's time to set the table. Reader Three: Good afternoon! Good afternoon! Reader Four: Help me if you're able. Reader Five: Good afternoon! Good afternoon! Reader Six: It's time to ...
Suzanne I. Barchers, Charla R. Pfeffinger, 2007
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Language and Power in the Office
All together, the data show 18 instances of immediate recognition, with the pattern the examples below show: (*) 1960 S: M, good afternoon. 1961 D: uh S, hi. 1962 S: hi.~ (***) 11228 J: M, good afternoon. 11229 V: hi J. 11230 J: hello V. 6638 ...
Priska Pschaid, 1993
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Just This Side of Normal: Glimpses Into Life with Autism
His eyes close, and with the greatest effort and concentration he begins: "Good afternoon, class. Good afternoon, Haley, good afternoon, John, good afternoon, Brittany, good afternoon, Cory, good afternoon, Aleisha, good afternoon, Mark, ...
Elizabeth King Gerlach, 2004
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Excel 2007 Power Programming with VBA
If you want to display a different greeting when the time of day is after noon, add another If-Then statement, like so: Sub GreetMe2() If Time < 0.5 Then MsgBox “ Good Morning” If Time >= 0.5 Then MsgBox “Good Afternoon” End Sub Notice that ...
John Walkenbach, 2011
8
Investigating Media Discourse
IMMEDIATE NEW CALL Now Noel good afternoon to you. Okay bye bye. NEW CALL Now Ciaran good afternoon to you. Hel you. Go=go=goodbye Josephine. Now Jim. Good afternoon Marian (run on into) NEW CALL Now Matt.
ANNE O'KEEFFE, 2006
9
Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening: Words of Faith ...
She is a devoted Christian who loves and serves God.This is her first publication; however, many family and friends look forward to her insightful words of encouragement and inspiration.
Debra Foster, 2004
10
Current Trends in the Pragmatics of Spanish
Type and frequency of greetings (Summons and offer to help) Sí en qué te puedo ayudar 'Yes how can I help youT' Hola buenas tardes 'Hello good afternoon' * 45 is the customer's ticket number. Within the types of greetings available, most of ...
Rosina Márquez-Reiter, María Elena Placencia, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOOD AFTERNOON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term good afternoon is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hot sticky buns; Adopt-A-Thon; Parvin work day; BEN Column, July …
Good afternoon! —. What times do the sticky buns come out of the oven hot at the Bridgeton Amish Market, Mr. and Mrs. Glick? Give it to us to ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
2
Japan's Takeshi Kitano to Play "Sympathetic Pervert" in New Film …
Good afternoon, thank you for having me." Read More Takeshi Kitano Receives Tokyo Film Fest's Samurai Award, Slams Local Industry. «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
3
Joe's Weather Blog: The heat is not going on vacation (SUN-7/12)
Good afternoon, temperatures are soaring this afternoon…already approaching 90° with heat index values over 100°. A heat advisory is in ... «fox4kc.com, Jul 15»
4
ERIC FRAZIER: Vote to take down flag shows state's true colors
A place where it's still bad form to pass an elderly stranger on the street without saying "Good afternoon" or "Good evening," or at least nodding in respect. «San Angelo Standard Times, Jul 15»
5
Trout homers for mom; Bridgeton memories; Sjogren pigs out; BEN …
Good afternoon! —. With so much going wrong in the world, there's always Mike Trout to fall back on. Here's what he did on his mom Debbie's ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
6
Man fatally shot after punching officer in face
GOOD AFTERNOON, CONSTANCE AND KRISTI. RIGHT NOW POLICE ARE WALKING DOOR TO DOOR TO LOOK FOR SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AND TALK ... «Local 10, Jul 15»
7
Miss USA must go on for contestants in Baton Rouge despite recent …
KELSEY: GOOD AFTERNOON. PEOPLE ARE ALREADY STREAMING IN TO THE THEATER, GETTING READY FOR THE 2015 MISS USA ... «WDSU New Orleans, Jul 15»
8
Blackburn Rovers boss Gary Bowyer satisfied with Accrington …
... a bonus, and kept a clean sheet, which will give everyone a boost, and David saved a penalty as well, so it was a good afternoon's workout. «This Is Lancashire, Jul 15»
9
Oldham Roughyeds 38 - 18 Rochdale Hornets
It looked like it was going to be a good afternoon early on for Hornets as they took an 8-0 lead and played some good rugby, however a poor ... «Rochdale Online, Jul 15»
10
Casillas gives heartfelt farewell speech as he ends Real Madrid career
“First of all, good afternoon everyone, thank you for being here and accompanying me at such a special time. Today I have come to this stadium ... «Inside Spanish Football, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Good afternoon [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/good-afternoon>. Apr 2024 ».
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