Meaning
After midday; used with clock times from noon until midnight.
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Word origin
Short for Latin post meridiem, meaning after midday.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- post meridiem
- English cognates
- meridian
Examples
6 p.m.
"6 p.m." is six o'clock in the evening.
2.30 p.m. .
"p.m." shows the time is after midday, not in the morning.
4 p.m.
Times from noon to midnight take "p.m."; morning times take "a.m.".
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