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P.m.

/piːˈɛm/

After noon (used after a time to indicate it is between noon and midnight, i.e., in the afternoon, evening or night as opposed to the morning)

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adverb
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    After noon (used after a time to indicate it is between noon and midnight, i.e., in the afternoon, evening or night as opposed to the morning)

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "P.m."

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WordDefinition
pmnoun(transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (someone).
post meridiemAfter noon, in the afternoon.
bentlernounA surname from German.
afternoonnounThe part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
eveningnounThe time of day between afternoon and night.
afterhoursAfter opening hours, usually after midnight and before daybreak.
eventidenoun(archaic, poetic, literary) Evening.
vespertidenoun(poetic, archaic) the evening, especially (Christianity) the time at which vespers is prayed
vespertine(poetic) Of or related to the evening; that occurs in the evening.
twilightnounThe soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
dusknounThe time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.
sundownnoun(now chiefly US) Sunset.
nightfallnounThe close of the day; the coming of night.
early-evening
after-lunch
vespernounA vesper martini.
a.m.nounInitialism of Master of Arts. [A postgraduate degree usually in a non-science subject.]
noonnounThe time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
30pmnoun
afternoonish(informal) Around the time of afternoon.

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