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midday

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /mɪdˈdeɪ/
  • /ˈmɪd.deɪ/
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  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪ
  • CMU ARPABET: M IH1 D D EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Noon; twelve o'clock during the day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • One indicates the time as one hour after twelve midday or midnight.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the middle of the day

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: noon, twelve noon, high noon, noonday, noontide

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hour, time of day

History

Etymology

From Middle English midday, from Old English middæġ (“midday, noon”), equivalent to mid- + day. Cognate with Scots midday (“midday”), West Frisian middei (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Dutch middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), German Mittag (“noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon”), Danish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Norwegian Bokmål middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Swedish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”).