English Dictionary

noon

/nuːn/

noun

The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. / (now rare) The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

I always take a walk at noon.

意味（1）

The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.

On Sundays, I love to have a lie-in until noon.

意味（2）

(now rare) The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

So the sad mother at the noon of night / From bloody Memphis stole her silent flight […] .

意味（3）

(obsolete) The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.

意味（4）

(figuratively) The highest point; culmination.

In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed.