"a.m." meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-us-a.m..ogg [US]
Etymology: Abbreviation of Latin ante meridiem "before noon". Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂en-}}, {{bor|en|la|ante}} Latin ante, {{m|la|meridiem}} meridiem Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} a.m. (not comparable)
  1. Initialism of ad modum. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: ad modum
    Sense id: en-a.m.-en-adj-IMjgtF0Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 60 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: a. m., am, AM, A. M., A.M., a, A (english: chiefly American)

Adverb

Audio: En-us-a.m..ogg [US]
Etymology: Abbreviation of Latin ante meridiem "before noon". Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂en-}}, {{bor|en|la|ante}} Latin ante, {{m|la|meridiem}} meridiem Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} a.m. (not comparable)
  1. (used after the hour) In the 12-hour period from midnight to noon (the first half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: in the forenoon Translations (before noon): قَبْلَ الظُّهْر (qabla ẓ-ẓuhr) (Arabic), صَبَاحًا (ṣabāḥan) (Arabic), ص () [abbreviation] (Arabic), 上午 (shàngwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), dopoledne (Czech), 's morgens (Dutch), 's ochtends (Dutch), atm. (Esperanto), a.t.m. (Esperanto), ap. (Finnish), ap (Finnish), e. pp. (Finnish), du matin (French), avant-midi [Belgium, Canada] (French), morgens (German), vormittags (German), π.μ. (english: p.m.; p.m.) (Greek), di maten (Haitian Creole), nan maten (Haitian Creole), maten (Haitian Creole), सुबह के (subah ke) (Hindi), árdegis (Icelandic), fyrir hádegi (Icelandic), f.h. (Icelandic), a.m. (Icelandic), 午前 (gozen) (alt: ごぜん) (Japanese), таң (tañ) (Kazakh), 오전 (ojeon) (Korean), 오전에 (ojeone) (Korean), pagi (Malay), ҮӨ (ÜÖ) (Mongolian), abínígo neeznáágóó oolkiłgo... (note: 10 a.m. in the future) (Navajo), پیشین (pišin) (Persian), پیش از نیمروز (piš az nimruz) (Persian), ق.ظ (Persian), przed południem (Polish), a.m. (Portuguese), da manhã (Portuguese), до полу́дня (do polúdnja) (Russian), но́чи (nóči) (english: till 3 AM) (Russian), утра́ (utrá) (note: after 3 AM) (Russian), m (Scottish Gaelic), sa mhadainn (Scottish Gaelic), a. m. (Spanish), AM (Spanish), de la mañana (Spanish), fm (Swedish), n.u. (Tagalog), ንጉሆ ሰዓት (nəguho säʿat) (Tigrinya), ÖÖ. (Turkish), صبح کے (subah ke) (Urdu), y.b. (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-a.m.-en-adv-0olDLOQa Disambiguation of Time: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: a. m., am, AM, A. M., A.M., a, A (english: chiefly American)

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2021, Jukka Heinonen, Ortzi Akizu-Gardoki, Sanna Ala-Mantila, Energy Efficient Cities of Today and Tomorrow, page 196",
          "text": "The following daylight peaks are identified around lunchtime, from 12 am to 1 pm, while for weekend days, the curve show several daylight peaks from 7 am to late lunchtime, around 1 pm.",
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          "midnight"
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          "noon"
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    {
      "word": "in the forenoon"
    },
    {
      "word": "a. m."
    },
    {
      "word": "am"
    },
    {
      "word": "AM"
    },
    {
      "word": "A. M."
    },
    {
      "word": "A.M."
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    {
      "word": "a"
    },
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      "english": "chiefly American",
      "word": "A"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qabla ẓ-ẓuhr",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "قَبْلَ الظُّهْر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣabāḥan",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "صَبَاحًا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣ",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
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      "word": "ص"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shàngwǔ",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "上午"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "dopoledne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "'s morgens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "'s ochtends"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "atm."
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "a.t.m."
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "ap."
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "ap"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "e. pp."
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "du matin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "tags": [
        "Belgium",
        "Canada"
      ],
      "word": "avant-midi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "morgens"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "vormittags"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "english": "p.m.; p.m.",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "π.μ."
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "di maten"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "nan maten"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "maten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "subah ke",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "सुबह के"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "árdegis"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "fyrir hádegi"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "f.h."
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "a.m."
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごぜん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gozen",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "午前"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tañ",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "таң"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ojeon",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "오전"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ojeone",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "오전에"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "pagi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ÜÖ",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "ҮӨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "note": "10 a.m. in the future",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "abínígo neeznáágóó oolkiłgo..."
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "note": "abínídą́ą́ʼ neeznáadi oolkił yę́ędą́ą́ʼ...",
      "sense": "before noon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pišin",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "پیشین"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "piš az nimruz",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "پیش از نیمروز"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "ق.ظ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "przed południem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "a.m."
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "da manhã"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "do polúdnja",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "до полу́дня"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "till 3 AM",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nóči",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "но́чи"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "after 3 AM",
      "roman": "utrá",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "утра́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "m"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "sa mhadainn"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "a. m."
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "AM"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "de la mañana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "fm"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "n.u."
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "nəguho säʿat",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "ንጉሆ ሰዓት"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "ÖÖ."
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "subah ke",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "صبح کے"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "before noon",
      "word": "y.b."
    }
  ],
  "word": "a.m."
}

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