post meridiem
post meridiem adverb: after noon, in the afternoon.
Adverb
post meridiem (not comparable)
- After noon, in the afternoon.
- Some new Commissions produced, and Additions made to Committees, eodem die, Sess. 7. post 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...
- The civil day begins at midnight, and reckons 12 hours ante meridiem, or before noon, and 12 hours post meridiem, or after noon.1853, John Drew, Manual of Astronomy: A Popular Treatise on Descriptive, Physical, and Practical Astronomy, with a Familiar Explanation of Astronomical Instruments and the Best Methods of Using Them...
post meridiem meaning in Tamil
post meridiem in Tamil
- உச்சிக்கு பின்
Antonyms of post meridiem
Forms of post meridiem
| alternative form | pm |
|---|---|
| alternative form | PM |
| alternative form | p.m. |
| alternative form | postmeridiem |
Origin of post meridiem
Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin post merīdiem, from Latin post (“after”) + merīdiem, accusative singular of merīdiēs (“noon, midday”).
Questions about post meridiem
- What does post meridiem mean?
- Post meridiem means after noon, in the afternoon.
- What is post meridiem in Tamil?
- Post meridiem in Tamil is உச்சிக்கு பின். See Post meridiem meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is post meridiem?
- Post meridiem is an adverb.
Words near post meridiem in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: post meridiem (page history and authors); post 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: “post meridiem.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/post_meridiem. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.