Forenoon
['fɔːnuːn]
Definition
(n.) The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon.
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Definition
n. the part of the day before noon or midday.—adj. pertaining to this part of the day.
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Examples
- It was still early in the forenoon. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was in the forenoon, between eleven and twelve. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A carriage would be at Mrs. Jellyby's to convey us out of town early in the forenoon of to-morrow. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As soon as that forenoon slumber was over, she would help her mother to dress after dinner, she would go and see Bessy Higgins. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The difficulty of making a way through the dense forests prevented Burnside from getting up in time to be of any service on the forenoon of the sixth. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He furnished me with a plan of the house, and he told me that in the forenoon the study was always empty, as the secretary was employed up here. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I heard she would be here to-night and all to-morrow forenoon, and came down to seize the opportunity. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They set out early in the forenoon, some on horseback, the rest in carriages; I witnessed both the departure and the return. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The doctor came again in the forenoon, and saw for himself that Lady Glyde had woke up better. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You must know that every Saturday forenoon I ride on my bicycle to Farnham Station, in order to get the 12:22 to town. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- My early departure from London enabled me to reach Mr. Dawson's house in the forenoon. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was in the forenoon that we arrived above the mile-high scarlet tower which marks greater Helium from her twin city. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Mrs. Gummidge had been in a low state all day, and had burst into tears in the forenoon, when the fire smoked. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- M. in the form of printed newspapers, with a record of the news of the forenoon. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I told him it was probable I might call upon him between ten and eleven this forenoon, and it's now half after ten. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Miss Van Campen spoke about you sleeping all the forenoons. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She passed long mornings with them--the most dreary and serious of forenoons. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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