midday
Noon; twelve o'clock during the dayNoon; twelve o'clock during the day.
» The post comes before midday.
Die Post kommt vormittags. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Пошта приходить до полудня. — deniko
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)Noon; twelve o'clock during the day.
One indicates the time as one hour after twelve midday or midnight.
the middle of the day
Examples
64 sentencesThe post comes before midday.
Пошта приходить до полудня. — deniko
deDie Post kommt vormittags. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The midday sun is beating down.
The meeting went on until midday.
ruСобрание продолжалось до полудня. — marafon
deDie Versammlung ging bis zum Mittag. — Sudajaengi
She now needs her midday nap.
I arrived in Tokyo at midday.
deIch bin um zwölf Uhr mittags in Tokyo angekommen. — MUIRIEL
Origin
From Middle English midday, from Old English middæġ (“midday, noon”), equivalent to mid- +From Middle English midday, from Old English middæġ (“midday, noon”), equivalent to mid- + day. Cognate with Scots midday (“midday”), West Frisian middei (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Dutch middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), German Mittag (“noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon”), Danish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Norwegian Bokmål middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Swedish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”).
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Forms
plural: middaysSynonyms
19 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable