forenoon

[fawr-noon, fohr-, fawr-noon, fohr-]

noun

1. the period of daylight before noon.

2. the latter part of the morning.

adjective

1. of or relating to the forenoon.

forenoon

/ ˈfɔːˌnuːn /

noun

1. 1. the daylight hours before or just before noon

   2. ( as modifier )

      a forenoon conference

Word History and Origins

Origin of forenoon¹

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

Example Sentences

“As you are aware, our play is fast approaching. It’s time for us to kick into high gear. We will be limiting our traditional academic endeavors to the forenoon hours.”

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“That old woman hit me with a broom when I came to see you this forenoon, and broke my spectacles. Could you not wait until tomorrow?”

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The rain had stopped during the forenoon and three times we had heard planes coming, seen them pass overhead, watched them go far to the left and heard them bombing on the main highroad.

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He injected the solution into the ovary of the flower the forenoon of the day at the close of which pollination would occur.

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During the whole forenoon of the 3rd of September, the little village of Woodchurch presented a busy and bustling, though, in truth, it could not be called a gay scene.

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