middaynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌmɪdˈdeɪ/us/ˌmɪdˈdeɪ/A2 twelve o'clock in the middle of the day:
I just have a sandwich at midday/for my midday meal.
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- The fog is expected to have cleared away by midday.
- Hilary got here at midday and Nicholas arrived soon after.
- She left the midday sun for the cool of the shade.
- By midday, we were really feeling the heat.
- The bomb went off at midday.
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Days & times of day
- afternoon
- afternoons
- am
- at the crack of dawn idiom
- bedtime
- circadian
- crepuscular
- in the dead of night/winter idiom
- last orders
- lighting-up time
- local time
- lunch hour
- office hours
- opening time
- overnight
- playtime
- pm
- rush hour
- twilit
- watershed
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