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# midday

noun (midday — uncountable); adjective (midday)

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

## Everyday

1. Midday is twelve o'clock in the middle of the day; noon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midday/#m1)
2. Midday can also mean around the middle of the day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midday/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths and time, midday is 12:00, or 12 pm, or 12 noon; times before it are am, times after it are pm; midnight is 12 hours later. In science and safety, the Sun is highest in the sky around midday (about 1 pm in summer time), so the sun's rays are strongest: stay in the shade, wear a hat and sunscreen, and shadows are shortest then. In everyday life, «a midday meal» is lunch.

### Examples

- We eat lunch at midday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midday/#x1)
- The Sun is highest in the sky around midday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midday/#x2)
- Stay out of the strong sun at midday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midday/#x3)
- Midday is 12 o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midday/#x4)
- The shop closes at midday on Saturdays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midday/#x5)
- Shadows are shortest at midday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midday/#x6)
- From 9 am to midday is three hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/midday/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: «at midday», not «at a midday». Midday = noon = 12:00 = 12 pm. Midnight = 12:00 at night = 12 am. In maths, counting time across midday: from 11 am to 2 pm is 3 hours. Opposite: «midnight».

## In Jewish tradition

Midday is when the prophets of Baal cried out all the way to the evening offering, with no answer from their god.

**Interpretation.** The story of Elijah on Mount Carmel is read as a contest. The idols were silent, and the LORD answered Elijah's prayer with fire.

### Examples

- And it was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening offering; but their was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. (Prophets 1KI.18.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/midday/#x1)

### Note

Uncountable: «at midday», not «at a midday». Midday = noon = 12:00 = 12 pm. Midnight = 12:00 at night = 12 am. In maths, counting time across midday: from 11 am to 2 pm is 3 hours. Opposite: «midnight».

## On Mova

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