Examples of noon in a Sentence
The party will take place from noon to 4 p.m.
He showed up at precisely 12 noon.
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The Blue Jays play the Baltimore Orioles at noon today, their first official game of 2025.
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Tickets for the upcoming festival will go on sale on Friday, March 28, at noon CT.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
Following the final work projects, a block party with food, entertainment, and festivities will take place from noon to 2 p.m. at Corrine Williams Park, 2141 Woodland Blvd.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Greg Rubin from California Native Landscape Design will talk about native plant care and design during the noon Wednesday, April 2 Seven Oaks Garden Club meeting.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Tickets for the upcoming festival will go on sale on Friday, March 28, at noon CT.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
Following the final work projects, a block party with food, entertainment, and festivities will take place from noon to 2 p.m. at Corrine Williams Park, 2141 Woodland Blvd.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Greg Rubin from California Native Landscape Design will talk about native plant care and design during the noon Wednesday, April 2 Seven Oaks Garden Club meeting.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Noon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noon. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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Etymology
Old English nōn "ninth hour from sunrise," derived from Latin nona, a feminine form of nonus "ninth," from novem "nine"
Word Origin
Noon has not always meant "12 o'clock in the daytime." In the ancient Roman way of keeping track of time, the hours of the day were counted from sunrise to sunset. The ninth hour of their day (about 3 p.m. nowadays) was called nona, Latin for "ninth." In the early period of English, the word was borrowed as nōn, also referring to the ninth hour after sunrise. By the 14th century, however, the word came to be used for midday, 12 o'clock, as we use it today.
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