The party will take place from noon to 4 p.m.
He showed up at precisely 12 noon.
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Just after noon, Kirk arrived in a gaggle of SUVs.—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025 First serve is set for noon and the action will be streamed live on ESPN+.—Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2025 This game kicked off at noon but took nearly eight hours, due to three separate lightning delays.—Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025 Following overnight and early morning rain showers, restival gates open at noon on Sunday.—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for noon
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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