MIDAFTERNOON Definition & Meaning

midafternoon

[ mid-af-ter-noon, -ahf- ]

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noun

the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.

adjective

occurring in or pertaining to midafternoon:
a midafternoon nap.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of midafternoon¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; mid- + afternoon

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By midafternoon, it appeared that the operation — if indeed one had been launched — had not been anywhere near as widespread as many had predicted.

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But by midafternoon, it appeared that the operation — if indeed one had been launched — had not been anywhere nearly as widespread as many had predicted.

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Demonstrators began to march along Ocean Boulevard in midafternoon, with some heated arguments breaking out as they encountered vocal Trump supporters on the nearly two-mile route.

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Yet it wasn’t until midafternoon that Ortega and the other men in his dorm caught sight of the deputy’s screen and realized there was a fire nearby.

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Celebrity photographer David LaChapelle is in his backyard — “a forest oasis in the middle of Hollywood,” as he calls it — on a warm midafternoon.

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