"midafternoon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: midafternoons [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English mid-afternon, myd-afternon, equivalent to mid- + afternoon. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mid-afternon}} Middle English mid-afternon, {{m|enm|myd-afternon}} myd-afternon, {{af|en|mid-|afternoon}} mid- + afternoon Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} midafternoon (countable and uncountable, plural midafternoons)
  1. The middle of the afternoon, normally between 2 and 4 pm. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Times of day Synonyms: none [obsolete], mid-afternoon Translations (middle of the afternoon): ekindi (Crimean Tatar), iltapäivän puoliväli (Finnish), Nachmittagsmitte [feminine, rare] (German), Mitte des Nachmittags [feminine] (German), ardtráthnóna [masculine] (Irish), mijlocul după-amiezii [neuter] (Romanian), media tarde (note: from around 3 to around 6) [feminine] (Spanish), ikindi (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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