noon

noon
[[t]nu͟ːn[/t]]
1) N-UNCOUNT: oft prep N Noon is twelve o'clock in the middle of the day.
See also high noon

The long day of meetings started at noon...

Our branches are open from 9am to 5pm during the week and until 12 noon on Saturdays.

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2) ADJ: ADJ n Noon means happening or appearing in the middle part of the day.

The noon sun was fierce...

He confirmed that he expected the transfer to go through by today's noon deadline.

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3) morning, noon, and nightsee morning

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  • Noon — (langue) Article connexe : Nones (peuple). Noon Parlée au Sénégal Région Afrique de l Ouest Typologie SVO [1] …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Noon — (n[=oo]n), n. [AS. n[=o]n, orig., the ninth hour, fr. L. nona (sc. hora) the ninth hour, then applied to the church services (called nones) at that hour, the time of which was afterwards changed to noon. See {Nine}, and cf. {Nones}, {Nunchion}.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • noon — [nu:n] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: non ninth hour from sunrise , from Latin nonus ninth ] 12 o clock in the daytime = ↑midday at/before/by noon ▪ We left home at noon. ▪ He rarely gets up before noon. ▪ We met at 12 noon . →mo …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Noon — ist der Name folgender Personen: David Noon (* 1946), US amerikanischer Komponist und Musikpädagoge Jeff Noon (* 1957), englischer Schriftsteller Malik Feroz Khan Noon (1893–1970), pakistanischer Politiker Siehe auch: Noon (Sprache), eine Sprache …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Noon — Noon, v. i. To take rest and refreshment at noon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • noon — [ nun ] noun uncount ** twelve o clock in the middle of the day: They both slept until noon. We should be there by noon. => MORNING1 …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • noon — [n] the middle of a day apex, high noon, meridian, midday, noonday, noontide, noontime, twelve noon, twelve o’clock; concepts 801,802,806 Ant. midnight …   New thesaurus

  • noon — [no͞on] n. [ME < OE non, orig., the ninth hour (by the Roman method, reckoning from sunrise: i.e., 3 p.m.) < L nona (hora), ninth (hour) < novem, NINE] 1. twelve o clock in the daytime; midday 2. the highest point or culmination 3. Rare… …   English World dictionary

  • Noon — (n[=o]n), a. No. See the Note under No. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Noon — Noon, a. Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional. Young. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Noon — (Nun, d.h. Grenzspitze), Cap an der flachen Westküste Afrikas; wurde 1432 von den Portugiesen entdeckt u. 1433 von Gilianez umsegelt u. heißt seitdem meist Cap Bojador, d.h. das umsegelte …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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