Meaning & use
forenoon
The period of time between morning and noon.
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The ship was scheduled to depart the harbor sometime in the forenoon.
They finished all their chores by forenoon, leaving the afternoon free to relax.
A note on using this word
Forenoon is an old-fashioned or formal term, largely replaced by morning in everyday speech.
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