am vs pm :

am vs pm

am or pm

In countries that do not use a 24-hour clock, ‘AM’ and ‘PM’ are used to distinguish the time of day. ‘AM’ starts at midnight (12:00 AM) and ends when the clock strikes noon. Noon is 12:00 PM, and the ‘PM’ time continues throughout the afternoon and evening until midnight.

Some major countries that use AM and PM are the U.S., the U.K., Australia, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, and the Philippines. 

“Brad wakes up at 7:00 AM and eats his evening meal at 6:00 PM.”

AM means ante meridian which is used to signify Morning in relations to time telling.

"Why did you wake me up 6am in the morning?"

PM means post meridian which is used to signify Night time in relations to time telling.

"Let's meet later today. Say 7pm?"


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Definitions
  am
  • n  a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms
  • n  a master's degree in arts and sciences
  • n  modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave
  • v  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  • v  be identical to; be someone or something
  • v  occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
  • v  have an existence, be extant
  • v  happen, occur, take place; this was during the visit to my parents' house"
  • v  be identical or equivalent to
  • v  form or compose
  • v  work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
  • v  represent, as of a character on stage
    Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
  • v  spend or use time
  • v  have life, be alive
  • v  to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
  • v  be priced at
  pm
  • n  an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
  • n  a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium
  • n  the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
  • n  modulation of the phase of the carrier wave
News & Articles
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  • Morgan AM&T in Fostoria hit by fire
    FOSTORIA - Fostoria Fire Division responded to a fire at Morgan AM&T, 200 N. Town St., Sunday night. A Fostoria Fire Division spokesman said the call about the fire at the plant was received at 9:55 p.m.
    June 17, 2013 - The Advertiser-Tribune
  • ‘I Am Moving, I Am Learning’ training coming to your area
    I Am Moving, I Am Learning Trainings are being offered in Polk county.
    June 15, 2013 - York News-Times
  • I Am the Nucleus: The 14 Craziest Things Kanye West Told The New York Times
    I Am the Nucleus: The 14 Craziest Things Kanye West Told The New York Times Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2013 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 10:00 pm, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Kanye West broke his no press policy for a bizarre interview with The New York Times, in which he made a case ...
    June 15, 2013 - seattlepi.com
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