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# forenoon

noun (the forenoon) — old-fashioned or formal

«forenoon» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old-fashioned, formal) The morning; the time before midday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forenoon/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forenoon/#x1)
- The meeting is in the forenoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forenoon/#x2)
- In the old diary, the farmer worked all forenoon in the fields. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forenoon/#x3)
- The ship's forenoon watch begins at 8 o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forenoon/#x4)
- By the end of the forenoon the snow had stopped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forenoon/#x5)
- Forenoon is an old word for morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forenoon/#x6)
- "Don't go talking nonsense, Mashka; as if suitors\[282\] generally turned up in the forenoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forenoon/#x7)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «forenoon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forenoon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«forenoon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/forenoon.html) on Mova free.