Meaning & use
Midafternoon
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The middle part of the afternoon, roughly between early and late afternoon.
See it in a sentence
They planned to arrive by midafternoon to avoid the evening traffic.
The meeting dragged on into midafternoon before anyone suggested a break.
A note on using this word
Midafternoon is typically understood to fall around two to four o'clock, though the exact boundaries are informal and vary by context.
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