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[ mid-af-ter-noon, -ahf- ] / ˈmɪdˌæf tərˈnun, -ˌɑf- /
nounthe part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset. adjectiveoccurring in or pertaining to midafternoon: a midafternoon nap. Origin of midafternoonFirst recorded in 1895–1900; mid- + afternoon Words nearby midafternoonmicrurgy, miction, micturate, micturition, mid, midafternoon, midair, Midamerica, Midas, Midas touch, mid-Atlantic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for midafternoonIn midafternoon we actually felt the detonation of two bombs a couple of miles away. U.S. Planes are Blowing the Hell out of ISIS at Kobani, But …|Jamie Dettmer|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST By midafternoon, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, nearing 14,100, was in spitting distance of a record-setting close. Why Wall Street Is Ignoring the Arrival of the Sequester|Daniel Gross|March 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST It was midafternoon when she finally got back to her apartment. Inside Tania Head’s Terrible 9/11 Lie: ‘The Woman Who Wasn’t There’|Robin Gaby Fisher, Angelo J. Guglielmo, Jr.|April 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST Roughly 600 refugees fled across the border by midafternoon as the military operation continued. Syrian Military Storms Town|Babak Dehghanpisheh|June 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Served with a café au lait, this is the perfect snack for breakfast, brunch, midafternoon, at midnight… basically any time. What to Eat: Mardi Gras|Cookstr.com|February 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST A clock in a village church tower struck three, and the midafternoon traffic thickened and converged upon the bridge. Detectives, Inc.|William Heyliger However, he held out longer than she thought he could, and it was past midafternoon when he finally came. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run|James Arthur Kjelgaard In midafternoon they paused beside another mountain stream to rest and bathe their weary feet. Slim Evans and his Horse Lightning|Graham M. Dean The sun was hot and by midafternoon Matti was feeling faint with hunger and fatigue. Mighty Mikko|Parker Fillmore Or that she went out to the garage at any time before the police arrived, which was in midafternoon? Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
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