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The middle of the afternoon, normally between 2 and 4 pm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- I'll be busy until midafternoon, but you can try my office around 3.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
the middle part of the afternoon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: day, daytime, daylight
From Middle English mid-afternon, myd-afternon, equivalent to mid- + afternoon.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
mitja tarda
— middle of the afternoon
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Crimean Tatar:
ekindi
— middle of the afternoon
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Finnish:
iltapäivän puoliväli
— middle of the afternoon
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German:
Nachmittagsmitte
— middle of the afternoon
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German:
Mitte des Nachmittags
— middle of the afternoon
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Hungarian:
középdélután
— middle of the afternoon
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Irish:
ardtráthnóna
— middle of the afternoon
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Romanian:
mijlocul după-amiezii
— middle of the afternoon
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Spanish:
media tarde
— middle of the afternoon
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Turkish:
ikindi
— middle of the afternoon
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Welsh:
canol prynhawn
— middle of the afternoon