noon

[ noon ]

/ nun /

midday.

twelve o'clock in the daytime.

the highest, brightest, or finest point or part: the noon of one's career.

Archaic. midnight: the noon of night.

Origin of noon

before 900; Middle English none, Old English nōn < Latin nōna ninth hour. See none²

It was around noon that Brinsley chucked the phone behind a radiator at the basketball stadium and went off the grid.

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By noon, Russian officials reported four dead and dozens wounded.

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Around noon, the order was given to execute the mission the next day.

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The President was scheduled to arrive at noon, which was perfect.

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I have always been working morning, noon and night for Mainers.

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The morning after our departure was very foggy, and towards noon we had to slow down to less than half speed.

Under the Dragon Flag |James Allan
When first I saw Compton it was a cloudless noon in August, the day of days in which to come alone into this silent place.

Apologia Diffidentis |W. Compton Leith
High noon was upon us, the heat oppressive, our appetites ravenous, when we stopped in the poor little village of Pierrelatte.

Europe from a Motor Car |Russell Richardson
Some after noon we steamed past a small city on the southern coast which had a large natural harbor.

Bay State Monthly, Vol. II, No. 1, October, 1884 |Various
He joined the ladies before noon, and his newly awakened feeling of joy beamed upon them scarcely less radiantly than yesterday.

Arachne, Complete |Georg Ebers

noon

/ (nuːn) /

the middle of the day; 12 o'clock in the daytime or the time or point at which the sun crosses the local meridian
(as modifier)the noon sun

poetic the highest, brightest, or most important part; culmination

Old English nōn, from Latin nōna ( hōra) ninth hour (originally 3 p.m., the ninth hour from sunrise)