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midafternoon

[ mid-af-ter-noon, -ahf- ]

noun

  1. the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.


adjective

  1. occurring in or pertaining to midafternoon:

    a midafternoon nap.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of midafternoon1

First recorded in 1895–1900; mid- + afternoon

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Example Sentences

Occasional bursts of moderate to heavy snow are possible between midmorning and midafternoon Sunday, which will reduce visibility.

In midafternoon we actually felt the detonation of two bombs a couple of miles away.

By midafternoon, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, nearing 14,100, was in spitting distance of a record-setting close.

It was midafternoon when she finally got back to her apartment.

Roughly 600 refugees fled across the border by midafternoon as the military operation continued.

Served with a café au lait, this is the perfect snack for breakfast, brunch, midafternoon, at midnight… basically any time.

Toward midafternoon the eastern side draws on its coat of black as suddenly as that of the other was cast aside in the morning.

Although it was hardly beyond midafternoon, Colonel Forsyth halted the company, and we went into camp.

By midafternoon the beach was lined with people who had learned the good news through the grapevine.

However, he held out longer than she thought he could, and it was past midafternoon when he finally came.

Or that she went out to the garage at any time before the police arrived, which was in midafternoon?

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