midmorning

American  

[mid-mawr-ning] / ˈmɪdˈmɔr nɪŋ /

noun

1. the middle of the morning; the time centering around the midpoint between early morning and noon.

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adverb

1. in the middle of the morning.

   He usually arrives midmorning.

adjective

1. occurring during, taking place in, or pertaining to the middle of the morning.

   our midmorning coffee break.

Etymology

Origin of midmorning

First recorded in 1900–05; mid- + morning

Example Sentences

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midmorning

In the midmorning heat, hundreds of people lined up outside a San Joaquin Valley farm this week to get their haul from large blue bins filled with thousands of bright red nectarines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

Not only do sugar spikes contribute to the long-term development of metabolic disease, it can also leave you hungrier by midmorning than if you had eaten nothing at all.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026

In midmorning trading, Micron shares were down 2%.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

By midmorning Monday New York time, both ships had cruised past the strait’s narrowest pinchpoint.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

Two hundred juniors and seniors—about half white and half black, with a smattering of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds—file into the school auditorium for a midmorning assembly.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose