as in morning
the time from sunrise until noon
enjoy the relatively cool forenoon, for the afternoon promises to be a scorcher
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Recent Examples of forenoon
Evan O'Neill Kane, chief surgeon of Kane Summit Hospital, performed an operation upon himself for chronic appendicitis this forenoon.
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Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2013
In the forenoon the wind blew quite freshly from the west.
—Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Dec. 2021
Our intent is that the party would arrive in the forenoon, have luncheon, attend a parade, return to Downton Abbey for tea and Dine, leaving after breakfast the next day.
—Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 18 Sep. 2019
Here are the first few paragraphs of the story:
SWEETWATER DAM IS BROKEN BY FLOODS
EIGHT FOOT CUT MADE IN NORTH END BY FLOODS
An eight-foot cut in the north side of the Sweetwater dam went out this forenoon.
—sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Jan. 2018
The storms were expected to diminish Wednesday morning, but instead continued through much of the forenoon before moving off to the southeast.
—Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2017
Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2013
In the forenoon the wind blew quite freshly from the west.
—Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Dec. 2021
Our intent is that the party would arrive in the forenoon, have luncheon, attend a parade, return to Downton Abbey for tea and Dine, leaving after breakfast the next day.
—Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 18 Sep. 2019
Here are the first few paragraphs of the story:
SWEETWATER DAM IS BROKEN BY FLOODS
EIGHT FOOT CUT MADE IN NORTH END BY FLOODS
An eight-foot cut in the north side of the Sweetwater dam went out this forenoon.
—sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Jan. 2018
The storms were expected to diminish Wednesday morning, but instead continued through much of the forenoon before moving off to the southeast.
—Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2017
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“Forenoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forenoon. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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