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(n)
The time of noon; the time of day when the sun is highest in the sky, especially on a hot day.
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(idiomatic) A time, set out in advance, at which an important decision is to be made or a nemesis is to be confronted.
Noon; twelve o'clock during the day.
(literary) Midday, noon.
the middle of the day
Twelve o'clock at night exactly.
The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
The early part of the day, especially from midnight to noon.
The middle of the morning.
The time of day between afternoon and night.
(time) A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).
(adj)
(chiefly in combination) Having a (particular kind of) surface.
A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
A group of twelve items.
(card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
(informal, file format) A computerized music file in the MIDI format.
(swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
The time or hour at or around which lunch is normally eaten.
A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
(informal) Valium.
(v)
(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
A surname.
an indefinite period of time
(intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
(intransitive) To come into view.
(intransitive) To become known; to escape from secrecy.
(intransitive) To take part in a parade, particularly:
Alternative form of midday. [Noon; twelve o'clock during the day.]
Noon.
(by extension) Highest point or state; peak.
Initialism of Master of Arts. [A postgraduate degree usually in a non-science subject.]
(music) Abbreviation of palm muting. [The action of palm muting an instrument while playing.]
The middle of the afternoon, normally between 2 and 4 pm.
The beginning of the day; the first moment of daylight.
(US) The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
Synonym of morning: the part of the day between sunrise and noon.
The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.
noontide; noon; the middle of the day.
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the thirteenth hour of the day; noon (noontime); 12:00 p.m. (12:00).
The full sunlight that occurs at noon.
noon; midday
The time of noon.
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the twelfth hour of the day; 11:00 a.m. (11:00).
Midday; noon.
The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.
The local time when the sun is closest to its zenith
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the tenth hour of the day; 9:00 a.m. (09:00).
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the third hour of the day; 2:00 a.m. (02:00).
(countable, computing) The property of a timestamp of being either a.m. or p.m.
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the eleventh hour of the day; 10:00 a.m. (10:00).
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the ninth hour of the day; 8:00 a.m. (08:00).
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the seventh hour of the day; 6:00 a.m. (06:00).
(colloquial) Any time close to noon; midday or thereabouts.
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the sixth hour of the day; 5:00 a.m. (05:00).
(UK, dialectal) A light meal, particularly in the afternoon.
(obsolete) The position of the sun at midday.
The period in which the sun is between 12° and 18° below the horizon in the morning and evening.
A sundial with a cannon whose fuse is lit by a lens concentrating sunbeams, positioned to fire at noon.
The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).
The time past mean noon of a particular day, reckoned on to twenty-four hours in mean time.
Alternative spelling of daytime. [The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.]
The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
The light of evening; twilight.
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the fourth hour of the day; 3:00 a.m. (03:00).
An electronic message, especially one sent by cell phone, involving sexual language or images.
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the eighth hour of the day; 7:00 a.m. (07:00).
The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the fifth hour of the day; 4:00 a.m. (04:00).
(archaic) The rising of the sun; the time when the sun rises.
The period in which the sun is 6°–12° below the horizon in the morning and evening.
The time of dusk.
(Christianity) The divine office appointed to the hour.
The middle of the evening.
(countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.
Alternative form of sunup. [(US) The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.]
(poetic) The middle part of the day or night.
(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
The current day or date.
Alternative form of twelvish. [(colloquial) Any time close to 12 o'clock.]
The light of the dawning sun.
The natural tide at its highest level for a particular tidal cycle at a certain place.
Alternative spelling of midnight. [The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.]
The time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.
midmorning
(poetic) The Sun.