Midday

Definition: Midday

Midday

Noun

1. The middle of the day.

Date "midday" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Midday

Synonyms: high noon (n), noon (n), noonday (n), noontide (n), twelve noon (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Morning	Noon; midday, noonday; noontide, meridian, prime; nooning, noontime. summer, midsummer.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Midday

English words defined with "midday": am, ante meridiem ♦ dejeuner ♦ high noon ♦ lunch, luncheon ♦ Noon-flower ♦ P.E., P.M., post meridiem ♦ Sleep-at-noon, supper ♦ tiffin, Time ball. (references)

Specialty definitions using "midday": effective terrestrial radiation ♦ PM ♦ X-RAY BACKGROUND. (references)

Etymologies containing "midday": Mesembryanthemum. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Well, he'd better have those units in the South Ridge repaired by midday, or there'll be hell to pay. (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas)
Lyrics	Like seven inches from the midday sun (Smooth; performing artist: SANTANA)
Movie/TV Titles	Midday (1985)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	A Holy Island Prayer Book: Morning, Midday, and Evening Prayer (reference) Kodachromes at Midday (reference) Out In The Midday Sun (reference) Prayers of the Hours: Morning, Midday & Evening (reference) Proclaim Praise: Daily Prayer for Parish and Home: An Order of Prayer for Mornings and Evenings for Each Day of the Week, With Midday Prayers and (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	USS Birmingham (Scout Cruiser # 2) steams downriver from the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, with Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher airplane on board, at about midday on 14 November 1910. Ely and his plane made their historic flight later that afternoon. Credit: NAVY.		Smog along the Strand, London, which almost completely obscures the midday sun. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Piece very typical of a midday television show circa 1980's.		A typical midday television show theme song circa 1980's.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	The midday sun burned through the hole and threw a glaring spot on the floor
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Some are best given in the morning, some at midday, some on a full stomach. (references)
		Recommendations for accomplishing this should include avoiding exposure to sunlight unless protected by clothing, hats, and/or application of broad spectrum sunscreens of SPF 15 or higher and avoiding exposure to midday sunlight and tanning parlors. (references)
Children	India	Young children were taken in a long procession during the midday heat and were provided insecticide-ridden food as refreshments. (references)
Civil Liberties	Belarus	On September 9, the day of the Presidential election, many media Web sites were inaccessible within Belarus until midday, when a technical bypass was found and access was resumed. (references)
Economic History	Oman	Many expatriates receive Friday off, but workers in small retail shops may work 12-hour shifts and receive only several hours off midday Friday. (references)
Political Economy	Cote D'ivoire	The outcome of the presidential elections became suspicious when vote counting was suspended midday with Gbagbo leading in returns. (references)
Travel	Botswana	Most retail operations are open on Saturdays and Sundays till midday. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Midday" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Midday" is used about 554 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	554	11,262

Expressions using "midday": around midday ♦ at midday ♦ exactly at midday ♦ it's nearly midday ♦ midday heat ♦ midday meal ♦ midday sun. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "midday"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		middagete (dinner, midday meal), dinee (dinner, midday meal). (various references)

Albanian		mesditë (high noon, noon, noonday, noontime), i mesditës. (various references)

Arabic		‏منتصف النهار (noon), ‏نهار (day), ‏نصف النهار, ‏قائلة قيلولة (siesta), ‏وضح النهار (broad daylight, daytime), ‏زول الظهر, ‏زوالي (meridian), ‏الظهيرة (patroness), ‏ظهري (dorsal, meridian), ‏ظهرنصف النهار (noon). (various references)

Bavarian		dogddessn (dinner, midday meal). (various references)

Bulgarian		обеден (meridian, noonday, prandial), обед (dinner, lunch, noon), пладнешки (meridian, noon, noonday, noontide), пладне (meridian, noon, noonday, noontide, noontime). (various references)

Chinese		正午 (noon, noonday), 中午 (noon), 午间. (various references)

Czech		poledne (noon, noonday, noontide, noontime), polední. (various references)

Danish		middag (dinner, midday meal, noon). (various references)

Dutch		noen (noon), middag (afternoon, noon). (various references)

Esperanto		tagmezo (noon). (various references)

Faeroese		middagur (noon). (various references)

Farsi		نیمروز (Noon, Noontide, Noontime), ظهر (Meridian, Noon, Noontide). (various references)

Finnish		sydänpäivä, päiväsydän (middle of the day, noon), keskipäivä (middle of the day, noon). (various references)

French		midi. (various references)

Galician		mediodía. (various references)

German		Mittag (lunch break, lunch hour, noon, noonday, noontide, noontime, South), mittägig (meridional). (various references)

Greek		μεσημέρι (meridian, noon), μεσημβρινόσ (meridian, noonday, noontide, noontime), μεσημβρία (meridian, noon, noonday, noontide, noontime), μεσημεριανόσ (of noon). (various references)

Hebrew		שעת הצהרים (noontime), חצות יום, צהריים (noon). (various references)

Hungarian		déli (meridian, meridional, south, southerly, southern, southron), délidő (noonday, noontide). (various references)

Indonesian		tengah hari (noon). (various references)

Italian		mezzogiorno (noon, South, twelve o'clock), mezzodÌ (noon), mezzodì (noon), meridiano (meridian, noonday), colazione (breakfast, collation, dinner, lunch, luncheon, midday meal). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		白昼 (daytime), 真昼 (broad daylight). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		まひる (broad daylight), はくちゅう (be equal with, daytime, match someone). (various references)

Korean		정오 (Noon). (various references)

Norwegian		middag (dinner, midday meal, noon). (various references)

Pig Latin		iddaymay.(various references)

Polish		południe (noon, south). (various references)

Portuguese		meio-dia (noon, noonday, noontide, noontime, south). (various references)

Romanian		amiazã (noon, noonday, noontide, noontime, zenith). (various references)

Russian		полуденный (noonday, noontide), полдень (afternoon, afternoons, meridian, noon, noonday, nooning, noontime, stroke of noon). (various references)

Scottish		meadhon-latha. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		podnevni (meridian, noonday, noontide), podne (high noon, meridian, noon, noonday, noontide, noontime). (various references)

Sotho		motsheare. (various references)

Spanish		mediodía (half a day, noon, noonday, noontide, noontime, South). (various references)

Swahili		adhuhuri (noon). (various references)

Swedish		middag (afternoon, dinner, lunch, noon). (various references)

Thai		เที่ยงวัน (noonday, noontide, sext), ซึ่งเกิดขึ้นตอนกลางวัน. (various references)

Turkish		öğlen (meridian), öğle vakti (noon, noonday, noontide, noontime), öğle vaktí (noon). (various references)

Ukrainian		південь (noon, noontide, southward), полудень (meridian, noon, noonday, nooning, noontide). (various references)

Welsh		hanner dydd (noon). (various references)

Yucatec		chumuk k'in (noon). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	meridianus, meridie, meridiem, meridies. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 26, Verse 13
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	HmeraV meshV kata thn odon eidon basileu ouranoqen uper thn lamprothta tou hliou perilamyan me fwV kai touV sun emoi poreuomenouV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Die media in via vidi rex de caelo supra splendorem solis circumfulsisse me lumen et eos qui mecum simul erant
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	At myddai, in the weie Y say, sir king, that fro heuene liyt schynede aboute me, passing the schynyng of the sunne, and aboute hem that weren togidir with me.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Even at myddaye (o kynge) I sawe in ye waye a lyght from heven above the brightnes of the sunne shyne rounde about me and them which iorneyed with me.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	At mid-day, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, surpassing the brightness of the sun, shining around me, and them who journeyed with me.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Acts Chapter 26, Verse 13
Albanian	në mesditë, o mbret, në rrugë unë pashë një dritë nga qielli që shkëlqente më shumë se dielli, e cila vetëtiu rreth meje dhe rreth atyre që udhëtonin me mua.
Cebuano	sa kaudtohon, O hari, nakita ko diha sa dalan ang usa ka kahayag gikan sa langit, nga masilaw pa kay sa Adlaw, nga nagsidlak libut kanako ug kanila nga nanagkuyog kanako.
Chinese	王阿、我在路上、晌午的時候、看見從天發光、比日頭還亮、四面照著我、並與我同行的人。
Croatian	kadli u pol bijela dana na putu vidjeh, kralju, kako s neba svjetlost od sunca sjajnija obasja mene i moje suputnike.
Danish	så jeg undervejs midt på Dagen, o Konge! et Lys fra Himmelen, som overgik Solens Glans, omstråle mig og dem, som rejste med mig.
Dutch	Zag ik, o koning, in het midden van den dag, op den weg een licht, boven den glans der zon, van den hemel mij en degenen, die met mij reisden, omschijnende.
Finnish	näin minä, oi kuningas, tiellä keskellä päivää taivaasta valon, auringon paistetta kirkkaamman, leimahtavan minun ja matkatoverieni ympärillä,
French	Vers le milieu du jour, ô roi, je vis en chemin resplendir autour de moi et de mes compagnons une lumière venant du ciel, et dont l`éclat surpassait celui du soleil.
German	sah ich mitten am Tage, o König, auf dem Wege ein Licht vom Himmel, heller denn der Sonne Glanz, das mich und die mit mir reisten, umleuchtete.
Haitian Creole	Antan m' te sou wout la, vè midi konsa, monwa, mwen wè yon limyè ki soti nan syèl la pi klere pase solèy la. Li te klere tout kote m' te ye a ansanm ak moun ki t'ap vwayaje avè m' yo.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Dan pada waktu saya di tengah jalan, waktu tengah hari, Baginda Yang Mulia, saya melihat suatu sinar dari langit yang lebih terang daripada matahari. Sinar itu memancar sekeliling saya dan sekeliling orang-orang yang berjalan bersama-sama saya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	maka pada tengah hari, ya Tuanku, patik nampak di jalan itu suatu cahaya dari langit yang terlebih terang cahayanya daripada matahari, bersinar-sinar sekeliling patik dan segala orang yang berjalan bersama-sama patik itu.
Maori	I te poutumarotanga, e te kingi, ka kitea e ahau i te ara he marama i te rangi e tiaho ana ki ahau, ki oku hoa haere ano, tera atu i te marama o te ra.
Norwegian	og midt på dagen så jeg på veien, konge, et lys fra himmelen, klarere enn solen, stråle omkring mig og dem som reiste med mig,
Rumanian	Pela amiazq, kmpqrate, pe drum, am vqzut strqlucind kmprejurul meu wi kmprejurul tovarqwilor mei o luminq din cer, a cqrei strqlucire kntrecea pe a soarelui.
Russian	УТЕДЙ ДОС ОБ ДПТПЗЕ С ХЧЙДЕМ, ЗПУХДБТШ, У ОЕВБ УЧЕФ, РТЕЧПУИПДСЭЙК УПМОЕЮОПЕ УЙСОЙЕ, ПУЙСЧЫЙК НЕОС Й ЫЕДЫЙИ УП НОПА.
Shuar	Tura, uunta, nantu tutupin ai, Jintiá wéai newaat ajaki ti Tsáapin, Tsawái nantujai nankaamas etsantrutramiayi. Tura wijiai wearmia nunasha Núnisaran etsantrurarmiayi.
Swahili	Mheshimiwa, wakati nilipokuwa njiani, saa sita mchana, niliona mwanga mkubwa kuliko wa jua ukiangaza kutoka mbinguni, ukanizunguka mimi na wale wasafiri wenzangu.
Swedish	fick jag under min färd, o konung, mitt på dagen se ett sken från himmelen, klarare än solens glans, kringstråla mig och mina följeslagare.
Uma	"O Magau' to kubila', hante patuju toe-mi, pai' hilou-a hi ngata Damsyik, rapowiti' pai' rawai' kuasa ngkai imam pangkeni. Hi pomako' -ku hilou hi Damsyik toe, hi lengko ohea-a-pidi, kira-kira tebua' -mi eo, muu-mule' kuhilo baja to mehini ngkai langi' mpohinii-a hante doo-doo-ku. Baja toe meliu kabaja-na ngkai hini eo.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "midday": middays. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Midday" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: iday, Imda, Kildray, Madadayo, Madadh, maday, Madya, manday, micdadei, Mida, Midan, midcdo, middly, midgy, Midha, midlay, midray, midry, Migda, Migdal, Modai, Msida, mudda, nidda, Niddry. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-d-i-m-y"
	-1 letter: middy.
	-2 letters: amid, didy, dyad, maid.
	-3 letters: add, aid, aim, ami, dad, dam, day, did, dim, mad, may, mid, yam, yid.
	-4 letters: ad, ai, am, ay, id, ma, mi, my, ya.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-d-i-m-y"
	+1 letter: middays.
	+2 letters: dandyism, didynamy, dismayed.
	+3 letters: dairymaid, dandyisms, dynamited, pyramided.
	+4 letters: admittedly, amygdaloid, dairymaids, didynamies, epididymal, undismayed.
	+5 letters: amygdaloids, daydreaming, demandingly, maddeningly.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
monster of midday	176
midday	80
connection midday	50
break michelles midday	20
lottery midday ny result	13
midday mumbai	12
connection.org midday	8
lottery midday	4
jersey lottery midday new result	3
india midday	3
3 midday pick	3
break micheles midday	3
chicago club midday	2
104.1 midday monster	2
4 midday pick	2
connection midday org	2
midday monster radio real	2
midday newspaper	2
in midday shay	2
midday ritual	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Boat Silhouette" by Eoghan Mcnally Commentary: "Midday sun."	"Old Ceiling" by Christie Ortiz Commentary: "Shot taken in midday of celing of abandoned burlesque theater in Baltimore, MD. Used HP318 Digital Camera to capture."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Midday

Definition: Midday

Midday

Noun

Synonyms: Midday

Synonyms within Context: Midday

Morning

Crosswords: Midday

Modern Usage: Midday

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Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

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Usage Frequency: Midday

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Midday

Modern Translation: Midday

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Yucatec

Ancestral Language Translations: Midday

Bible Trace: Midday

Matched Bible Translations: Midday

Derivations & Misspellings: Midday

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Anagrams: Midday

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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Midday