Words of the day

Words of the day

Midnight
/ˈmɪdnʌɪt/

the middle of the night (00:00).

synonyms: twelve midnight, twelve at night, twelve o’clock at night, zero hundred hours.

Midday
/mɪdˈdeɪ/

the middle of the day (12:00); noon.

synonyms: noon, twelve o’clock, twelve o’clock in the afternoon, twelve hundred hours.

Morning
/ˈmɔːnɪŋ/

the period of time between midnight and Midday, especially from sunrise to noon.

synonyms: before noon, before lunch(time), a.m.

Afternoon
/ɑːftəˈnuːn/

the time from noon or lunchtime to evening.
From 12:00/twelve o’clock to approximately 18:00/6pm.

Evening
/ˈiːv(ə)nɪŋ/

the period of time at the end of the day, usually from about 6 p.m. to bedtime.

Night
/nʌɪt/

the period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours.

synonyms: darkness, dark, hours of darkness, night-time, dead of night.

Dawn
/dɔːn/

the first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise.

synonyms: daybreak, break of day, crack of dawn, sunrise, first light, daylight, first thing in the morning, early morning.

Dusk
/dʌsk/

the last light in the sky just after sunset.

synonyms: twilight, nightfall, sunset, sundown, evening, close of day.

Twilight
/ˈtwʌɪlʌɪt/

the soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the reflection of the sun’s rays from the atmosphere.

synonyms: half-light, semi-darkness.

Common expressions:

Good day
Have a good day
Good day to you
Good morning
Good afternoon
Good evening
Good night

Prepositions:

In the morning
In the afternoon
In the evening
At night
At midday
At noon
At 12 o’clock
At midnight
At dusk
At sunset
At dawn
At sunrise