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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /nuːn/
noon means: Twelve o'clock in the middle of the day.
noun
TWELVE PMA2
Twelve o'clock in the middle of the day.
- We eat lunch at noon.
- Please arrive before noon tomorrow.
- The shop closes at noon on Sundays.
SUN HIGHESTC1
The time when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky at a particular place.
- Shadows are shortest at solar noon.
- Local noon depends on your position on Earth.
- Solar noon came several minutes after twelve on the clock.
AVERAGE SOLAR TIMEC2
Twelve o'clock in a time system based on the sun's average daily movement.
- Mean noon occurs at twelve in mean solar time.
- Astronomers compared apparent noon with mean noon.
- A sundial does not always show mean noon accurately.
Questions about noon
What does noon mean?
Twelve o'clock in the middle of the day.
What is noon in other languages?
Türkçe: öğle · Español: mediodía · Français: midi · Deutsch: Mittag · Italiano: mezzogiorno · 日本語: 正午
How do you pronounce noon?
It is pronounced /nuːn/.
How do you use noon in a sentence?
We eat lunch at noon. Please arrive before noon tomorrow.
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