They played video games all evening.
Meaning: They spent the entire evening playing video games.
Choice of Words: Played is the past tense of play, which means to engage in an activity for enjoyment or recreation. Video games are electronic games that are played on a computer, console, or other device. All means the entire amount or quantity. Evening is the time of day between afternoon and night. When you put them together, the sentence means they engaged in the activity of playing video games for the entire evening.
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