forenoon
Americannoun
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the period of daylight before noon.
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the latter part of the morning.
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of forenoon
Example Sentences
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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
On this fine forenoon the Ambassador and his lean, genteel, partly French wife had started on their morning constitutional from their stucco house down through the orchards of Cankaya Hill to the Embassy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Admirers tended to forget�Baruch never did�that in the forenoon of that career, he had also been one of Wall Street's craftiest speculators.
From Time Magazine Archive
A grown-up quiz program outgrew the lonely forenoon and joined the busy night air last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
The next morning, just after seven bells of the forenoon watch, Captain Prince came on deck with his sextant, ready to shoot the sun.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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