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Forenoon definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FO'RENOON, n. The former part of the day, from the morning to meridian or noon. We usually call the first part of the day, from the dawn to the time of breakfast, or the hour of business, the morning, and from this period to noon, the forenoon. But the limits are not precisely defined by custom.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning running errands" [syn: morning, morn, morning time, forenoon]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century the early part of the day ending with noon ; morning

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Naut. or Law or archaic the part of the day before noon.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Forenoon Fore"noon", n. The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

The forenoon is the morning. (OLD-FASHIONED) N-SING