Noon Meaning
/nuːn/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
nounThe time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon., The mean time of solar noon, marked as twelve o'clock on most clocks.
Sentence Examples
You have to get this work finished by noon.
You'll have this composition written by noon tomorrow, won't you?
We should be there by noon.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
We planned to meet at ____ for lunch in the park tomorrow.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We agreed to meet at high ____ in front of the town hall for the festival.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English noen, none, non, from Old English nōn (“the ninth hour”), from a Germanic borrowing of classical Latin nōna (“ninth hour”) (short for nōna hōra), feminine of nōnus (“ninth”). Cognate with Dutch noen, obsolete German Non, Norwegian non.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin."
— 1933, Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution:
"The fire was put out by around 8:10 a.m. by the Rockdale County Fire Rescue. But around noon, another fire erupted, according to the CSB."
— 2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN:
"So the sad mother at the noon of night / From bloody Memphis stole her silent flight […]."
— 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 116:
"When night was at its noon I heard a voice chanting the Koran in sweetest accents […]."
— 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 17:
"In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed."
— 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
We planned to meet at ____ for lunch in the park tomorrow.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We agreed to meet at high ____ in front of the town hall for the festival.