Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.

    On Saturdays, I love to have a lie-in until noon.

    The race is due to start at noon sharp.

  2. The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.

    (countable, uncountable)The mean time of solar noon, marked as twelve o'clock on most clocks.

    Mittag

    по́лденьpóldenʹ

    по́луденьpóludenʹ, пі́вденьpívdenʹ

  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)The highest point; culmination.

  4. The letter ن in the Arabic script.

  5. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

    the middle of the day

  6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.

Examples

483 sentences
  1. We usually have lunch at noon.

    Зазвичай ми обідаємо опівдні.

    ruМы обычно обедаем в полдень.

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  2. We began our work at noon.

    Ми почали працювати опівдні.

    ruМы начали нашу работу в полдень.

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  3. The train is due at noon.

    Поїзд має прибути опiвднi.

    ruПоезд должен быть в полдень.

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  4. We have lunch at noon every day.

    Ми обідаємо щодня опівдні.

    ruМы обедаем каждый день в полдень.

    deWir essen jeden Tag um 12 Uhr zu Mittag.

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  5. Tom will be at home until noon.

    Том буде вдома до полудня.

    deTom wird bis Mittag zu Hause sein.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
midday:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
midday:

Origin

From Middle English noen, none, non, from Old English nōn (“the ninth hour”), from a Germa

From Middle English noen, none, non, from Old English nōn (“the ninth hour”), from a Germanic borrowing of classical Latin nōna (“ninth hour”) (short for nōna hōra), feminine of nōnus (“ninth”). Cognate with Dutch noen, obsolete German Non, Norwegian non.

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Forms

plural: noons
Singularnoon
Pluralnoons

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
midpoint of the day:middayA2
midnight:noon of night
ninth hour of daylight:nones
highest point:capstone
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
middle of the day:midnightA2

Word family

27 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • until noon
  • sleep until noon
  • lunch at noon
  • home until noon
  • bed until noon
  • that before noon
  • here until noon
  • here by noon
  • till noon
  • up until noon
  • come at noon
  • around noon

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
noon — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto