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forenoon

American  
[fawr-noon, fohr-, fawr-noon, fohr-] / ˌfɔrˈnun, ˌfoʊr-, ˈfɔrˌnun, ˈfoʊr- /

noun

  1. the period of daylight before noon.

  2. the latter part of the morning.


adjective

  1. of or relating to the forenoon.

forenoon British  
/ ˈfɔːˌnuːn /

noun

    1. the daylight hours before or just before noon

    2. ( as modifier )

      a forenoon conference

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of forenoon

1375–1425; late Middle English. See fore-, noon

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Her daily routine includes interviews with diplomats every forenoon, and phone calls to "well-informed friends" in London and Geneva every evening.

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Funeral obsequies will be observed at his late residence, 1428 Ponce de Leon Avenue, at 11 in the forenoon on .

From Time Magazine Archive

Summer temperatures boil up to 120° in the forenoon, and nights can be shiveringly cool.

From Time Magazine Archive

By early forenoon 2,500 people had crowded into town and Doc MacKinnon was standing in a reviewing stand watching 450 of his "babies" march past, with stork-decorated floats, and a band.

From Time Magazine Archive

The forenoon was a dreary time, but at noon the solicitor came: Mr. Marquand, of Wholeman, Sons, Marquand & Lidderdale.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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