Ante meridian
occurring before noon.
of or relating to the forenoon.
adjective
before noon; in the morning
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. uknown the full form of a.m. 1560s, latin, literally “before noon,” from ante (see ante) + accusative of meridies “midday, noon” (see meridian).
- Antemundane
before the creation of the world. adj. “existing or happening before the creation of the world,” 1731; see ante- + mundane.
- Antenatal
prenatal: an antenatal clinic. historical examples but deep within her the antenatal thing that lay here had a dream. dreams olive schreiner the reminiscence of some antenatal incarnation of his own soul? the martian george du maurier it was as if her folding arms had been his antenatal hiding-place; as if she had brought him […]
- Ante-nicene
of or relating to the christian church or period before the nicene council of a.d. 325. historical examples the att-tude of the church in the post-nicene period differs from that in the ante-nicene in two important respects. encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 13, slice 3 various protestants can as little bear its ante-nicene as its […]
- Antenumber
a that immediately precedes another: three is the antenumber of four.