forenoon

Everyday

(old-fashioned, formal) The morning; the time before midday. tree →

In the lessons

In old books, ships' logs and some formal or Scottish use, «forenoon» means the morning; today people say «morning». In time problems the forenoon is the hours before 12 noon (a.m.). Phrases: «in the forenoon», «the forenoon watch».

Examples

• We sailed in the forenoon and landed after lunch. tree →
• The meeting is in the forenoon. tree →
• In the old diary, the farmer worked all forenoon in the fields. tree →
• The ship's forenoon watch begins at 8 o'clock. tree →
• By the end of the forenoon the snow had stopped. tree →
• Forenoon is an old word for morning. tree →
• "Don't go talking nonsense, Mashka; as if suitors[282] generally turned up in the forenoon. tree →

Note

Rare today; use «morning». Forenoon = a.m. (ante meridiem, before midday); afternoon = p.m.