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Meaning of midday | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
mɪdˈdeɪ

Definitions

  1. Noon; twelve o'clock during the day.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The middle of the day; noon.
  3. the middle of the day; noon or the time shortly before or after noon.
  4. the middle of the day; twelve o'clock. We'll meet you at midday; (also adjective) a midday meal. middag مُنْتَصَف النَّهار обед meio-dia poledne; polední der Mittag ved tolvtiden; middag; middags- μεσημέριmediodía keskpäev نیمروز keskipäivä midi צָהֳרַייִם दोपहर podne dél(idő) tengah hari mið-/hádegi mezzogiorno; di mezzogiorno 正午 정오 vidurdienis pusdiena, dienas vidus tengah hari 12 uur midt på dagen, kl. 12południe نيمه ورځ meio-dia (la) amiază полдень poludnie, obed; poludňajší poldan podne...
    also adjective
  5. the middle of the day; noon
  6. A. N → mediodía mat midday → a(l) mediodía
    N
  7. B. CPD the midday sun N → el sol de(l) mediodía
    CPD
  8. n → Mittag m; at midday → mittags, gegen Mittag, um die Mittagszeit
    n
  9. adj attr → mittäglich; midday meal → Mittagessen nt; midday sun/heat → Mittagssonne/-hitze f
    adj attr
  10. n → mezzogiornoat midday → a mezzogiorno
    n
  11. adj → di mezzogiorno
    adj

Equivalents

Examples

“One indicates the time as one hour after twelve midday or midnight.”
“The list of potential victories you could achieve with your reset is long, and it includes a fafillion wins that have nothing to do with the scale: Fewer blemishes. Thicker hair. Less join pain. Reduced cravings. No midday energy slump.”
“But on Friday, a U.S. Air Force plane carrying more than 70 deportees arrived around midday in the city of San Pedro Sula, about 100 miles northwest of Tegucigalpa, the capital.”

CEFR level

C2
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