noontime
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NoonNoon.
US/nˈuntˌaɪm/
» Noontime in Boston is late night in Japan.
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3 sensesNoon.
Approximately noon.
the noontime hours
(figuratively)The time at which something peaks in some way (e.g., in vitality, in influence, in reknown) (by analogy with the waxing of the sun each day).
Examples
1 sentencesNoontime in Boston is late night in Japan.
Origin
From noon + time, perhaps an innovation of earlier English noontide (“noontime”), from MidFrom noon + time, perhaps an innovation of earlier English noontide (“noontime”), from Middle English noon tijd, from Old English nōntīd (“noontime”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English merian, merion (“noontime”) from Old French meriiene, merīane (“noontime”).
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