Meaning & use
ante meridiem
A Latin phrase meaning 'before noon', abbreviated as a.m. and used to mark times in the morning.
See it in a sentence
The meeting is scheduled for nine o'clock ante meridiem, well before the lunch break.
Formal invitations sometimes spell out ante meridiem instead of using the abbreviation a.m.
A note on using this word
In everyday writing, almost everyone uses the abbreviation 'a.m.' rather than spelling out 'ante meridiem' in full.
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post meridiem
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