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[ noun mid-dey, -dey; adjective mid-dey ] / noun ˈmɪdˈdeɪ, -ˌdeɪ; adjective ˈmɪdˌdeɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR midday ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe middle of the day; noon or the time centering around noon. adjectiveof or relating to the middle part of the day: a midday news broadcast. Origin of middaybefore 1000; Middle English; Old English middæg.See mid-, day Words nearby middaymidcentury modern, Mid-Cities, midcourse, midcourse correction, midcult, midday, Middelburg, middelmannetjie, middelskot, midden, middie Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for middayThe stench of the backed-up toilets combines with the fumes of garbage fermenting in the midday sun. Israel Is Minting the Next Generation of Hate|Jesse Rosenfeld|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST He pulled the crucifix from under his shirt and it glinted in the bright midday sun. Brooklyn Shooting Hits Close to Bill de Blasio’s Park Slope Home|Michael Daly|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST During a midday break in the trial, Kempton had lunch with Afeni. Tupac and Murray Kempton: The Godfather Who Wore Tweed|Michael Daly|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Alston had last seen Prince at midday, when the two walked to the store together. This Brooklyn 6-Year-Old’s Murderer Is Still on the Loose|Michael Daly|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By midday, the Ukrainian government had confirmed that two of its choppers had been downed. Eastern Ukraine Explodes, Russian Invasion Grows More Likely|Jamie Dettmer|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST The naval officer was there because the hour of the midday meal on board the cruiser did not coincide with lunch time on shore. A Rock in the Baltic|Robert Barr After this, Stephen sang night and morn and midday the songs he had sung—and Calote with him—in the year of pilgrimage. Long Will|Florence Converse It was midday, then, on the tropic seas, and the horizon was closing in with clouds as of blood and vapours of stifling heat. Here they were, instead, at a little after midday, confronting sure ruin and probable death. Ned, the son of Webb|William O. Stoddard In the heat of midday Hare yielded to its influence and reined in his horse under a slate-bank where there was shade. The Heritage of the Desert|Zane Grey
British Dictionary definitions for midday
noun- the middle of the day; noon
- (as modifier)a midday meal
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to middaynoon, noontide, lunchtime, high noon, noontime |