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Definition of Forenoon
1. Noun. The time period between dawn and noon. "I spent the morning running errands"
Generic synonyms: Period, Period Of Time, Time Period
Group relationships: Day, Daylight, Daytime
Terms within: Early-morning Hour
Definition of Forenoon
1. n. The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon.
Definition of Forenoon
1. Noun. (archaic) The time period between dawn and noon; morning. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forenoon
1. the period of daylight before noon [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forenoon
Literary usage of Forenoon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the by Theodore Dwight (1833)
"The Convention resumed the consideration of the report of the committee which
was postponed in the forenoon. After spending the afternoon in discussing the ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"OBSERVATION FOR MERIDIAN BY EQUAL ALTITUDES OF THE SUN IN THE forenoon AND ...
This observation consists in measuring in the forenoon the horizontal angle ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"Wood's division of the Fourth corps had been relieved from line of battle on
Scho- field's rieht in the forenoon by the division of General Stanley, ..."
4. The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles: Ed. Under the Authority of the by Ezra Stiles (1901)
"Exercises 3 hours in the forenoon & 3 hours PM I conferred the academic Degrees
upon 25 Bachelors of Arts & 46 Masters. Total 71. The account or Represent" ..."
5. Of the Origin and Progress of Language by James Burnett Monboddo (1787)
"... the one in the forenoon, the other in the afternoon.—The forenoon s conver-
fation contained in the ..."
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