The party will take place from noon to 4 p.m.
He showed up at precisely 12 noon.
Recent Examples on the WebThe Alaska Air National Guard launched an emergency rescue mission helicopter at 10 a.m. and spotted two of the three climbers between 19,000 and 20,000 feet just before noon, officials said.—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 31 May 2024 Beach Volleyball is at noon Saturdays outside Fit Mission Beach.—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024 The truck hauling the potatoes had cleared from the area before noon.—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2024 The Contra Costa County Fire Department received a call around noon that a resident in Building 67 at Oak Grove Senior Terrace apartments on Carol Lane was stuck in an elevator.—Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for noon
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English nōn ninth hour from sunrise, from Latin nona, from feminine of nonus ninth; akin to Latin novem nine — more at nine
: the middle of the day : 12 o'clock in the daytime
noonadjective
Etymology
Old English nōn "ninth hour from sunrise," derived from Latin nona, a feminine form of nonus "ninth," from novem "nine"
Word Origin
Noon has not always meant "12 o'clock in the daytime." In the ancient Roman way of keeping track of time, the hours of the day were counted from sunrise to sunset. The ninth hour of their day (about 3 p.m. nowadays) was called nona, Latin for "ninth." In the early period of English, the word was borrowed as nōn, also referring to the ninth hour after sunrise. By the 14th century, however, the word came to be used for midday, 12 o'clock, as we use it today.
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