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 midmorning European trading, New York gold futures rose 0.6% to $4,469.30 a troy ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Brent crude rose 4.7% while WTI futures were up 5.9% in midmorning European trade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

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

I must’ve dozed off, because around midmorning I awoke to something nudging my foot.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs