forenoon
the period of daylight before noon.
the latter part of the morning.
of or relating to the forenoon.
Origin of forenoon
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How to use forenoon in a sentence
As it is not their custom to visit or be visited in the forenoon, it was hardly fair to take a stranger to see them.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamWhat a merry place a steamer is on a calm sunny summer forenoon, and what an appetite every one seems to have!
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace ThackerayShe usually arrived by an early train in the forenoon and returned by the late train at night.
Jaffery | William J. LockeThey had dug some clams at the low tide in the forenoon and put them away, covered with wet seaweed.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley SmithBefore the exercises of the forenoon were concluded, she was summoned to see a visitor, and did not reappear before intermission.
Alone | Marion Harland
British Dictionary definitions for forenoon
/ (ˈfɔːˌnuːn) /
the daylight hours before or just before noon
(as modifier): a forenoon conference
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