forenoon

American  

[fawr-noon, fohr-, fawr-noon, fohr-] / ˌfɔrˈnun, ˌfoʊr-, ˈfɔrˌnun, ˈfoʊr- /

noun

1. the period of daylight before noon.

2. the latter part of the morning.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the forenoon.

forenoon British  

/ ˈfɔːˌnuːn /

noun

1. 1. the daylight hours before or just before noon

   2. ( as modifier )

      a forenoon conference

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Etymology

Origin of forenoon

1375–1425; late Middle English. See fore-, noon

Example Sentences

Now and then he quietly put his arm around the slender, highstrung girl of 24, who, on the bright Saturday forenoon, became Mrs. Francis Joseph Quillinan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Admirers tended to forget�Baruch never did�that in the forenoon of that career, he had also been one of Wall Street's craftiest speculators.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are the roaring lions and the suns at forenoon .

From Time Magazine Archive

There he went over the press digest already prepared by his staff, and spent the better part of the forenoon on paperwork at his desk and meeting with other party officials.

From Time Magazine Archive

The next morning, just after seven bells of the forenoon watch, Captain Prince came on deck with his sextant, ready to shoot the sun.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

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