noon

See also: Noon, ñoon, and no-on

noon - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /nuːn/

Noun

noon (countable and uncountable, plural noons)

  1. The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
    • On Sundays, I love to have a lie-in until noon.
    • The race is due to start at noon sharp.
  2. (now rare) The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
  3. (obsolete) The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
  4. (figurative) The highest point; culmination.

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Verb

noon (third-person singular simple present noons, present participle nooning, simple past and past participle nooned)

  1. To relax or sleep around midday

Synonyms

  • See sleep

Noun

noon (plural noons)

  1. The letter ن in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

noon - Arapaho

Noun

noon

  1. egg

noon - Middle English

Determiner

noon

  1. no (not any)

Descendants

noon - Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: no‧on
  • IPA: /noˈon/, [noˈon]

Adverb

noon

  1. when
    • noong mag-aaral na sila
      • when they were about to study
  2. indicates past time
    • noong Lunes
      • last Monday
Meaning and Definition of noon
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