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forenoon

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fore·noon  (fôrnn, fr-, fôr-nn, fr-)
n.
The period of time between sunrise and noon; morning.

forenoon [ˈfɔːˌnuːn]
n
a.  the daylight hours before or just before noon
b.  (as modifier) a forenoon conference
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.forenoonforenoon - the time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning running errands"
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
daylight, daytime, day - the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"
early-morning hour - an hour early in the morning
Translations
forenoon [ˈfɔːnuːn] N (esp Scot) → mañana f
forenoon
n (form)Vormittag m
forenoon [ˈfɔːˌnuːn] n (frm) → mattina
forenoon [ˈfɔːˌnuːn] n (frm) → mattina


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When Cathy first arrived - it was in the forenoon - Buffalo Bill was away, carrying orders to Major Fuller, at Five Forks, up in the Clayton Hills.
It was one of those less lowering, but still grey and gloomy enough mornings of the transition, when with a fair wind the ship was rushing through the water with a vindictive sort of leaping and melancholy rapidity, that as I mounted to the deck at the call of the forenoon watch, so soon as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me.
When the forenoon was nearly gone, she recognized with a pang that this most splendid episode of her life was almost over, that nothing could prolong it, that nothing quite its equal could ever fall to her fortune again.
 
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