a.m.
abbreviation
or
AM
or British
am
or
AM
or British
am
Britannica Dictionary definition of A.M.
in the morning
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used with numbers to show the time of day
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She woke up at 6 a.m. and didn't go to bed until midnight.
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The class is held from 11:30 a.m. to/until 2:15 p.m.
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12 a.m. [=midnight, one hour after 11 p.m.]
◊ The abbreviation a.m. stands for the Latin phrase ante meridiem, which means “before noon.”
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compare p.m.