Word.ws English Dictionary

ante meridiem

ante meridiem adverb: before noon, in the morning.

Adverb

ante meridiem (not comparable)

  1. Before noon, in the morning.
    • And 'tis earnestly recommended to the Synod to continue their Kindness to Mr Leask, according as his Circumstances do require, May 12. Sess. 6. ante meridiem.1725, Church of Scotland. General Assembly, “Index of the ACTS of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland held in the Year 1725, which are not here printed.”, in Compilation of Scans of The...

ante meridiem meaning in Tamil

ante meridiem in Tamil

உச்சிக்கு முன்

Antonyms of ante meridiem

Forms of ante meridiem

alternative formam
alternative formAM
alternative forma.m.
alternative formantemeridiem

Origin of ante meridiem

Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin ante merīdiem, from Latin ante (“before”) + merīdiem, accusative singular of merīdiēs (“noon, midday”).

Questions about ante meridiem

What does ante meridiem mean?
Ante meridiem means before noon, in the morning.
What is ante meridiem in Tamil?
Ante meridiem in Tamil is உச்சிக்கு முன். See Ante meridiem meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ante meridiem?
Ante meridiem is an adverb.

Words near ante meridiem in the dictionary

  1. ante
  2. ante bellum
  3. ante chamber
  4. ante in
  5. ante litteram
  6. ante meridiem
  7. ante over
  8. ante up
  9. ante-
  10. ante-cabinet
  11. ante-cabinets

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ante meridiem (page history and authors); ante meridiem (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “ante meridiem.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ante_meridiem. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.