midday
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of midday
before 1000; Middle English; Old English middæg. See mid-, day
Explanation
As a noun, the word midday refers to the middle of the day. You should avoid the sun at midday, especially if you have very fair skin. The noun midday can particularly mean noon. You may prefer to have your heaviest meal midday. The opposite of midday in this case is, of course, midnight. Midday is a compound word combining mid and day. In Old English the term was middæg and German still has a similar word with Mittag. The word midday can also be used as an adjective for midday meal, midday sun.
Vocabulary lists containing midday
UCPS 6th Grade Roots List #3
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: mid-
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Example Sentences
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All but two of the sectors were up in midday trading, with the industrial sector down 1.1% and energy taking a 5.4% hit.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
The University of Florida's Election Lab had recorded 47,922,669 early votes nationwide by midday, surpassing the previous midterm record of 45.9 million cast ahead of Election Day in 2022.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Shares were up 4% to 164.50 euros in European midday trading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
A yellow weather warning for all of Northern Ireland is in place until midday.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Around midday she finished the last of the honey-and-millet cakes.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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