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Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.

1.   time    The middle part of the day or the time near or around the middle part of the day.    A particular moment measured by hours, minutes, and seconds on a clock.    When time has passed    a period of fifteen minutes.

2.   a.m.    twelve o'clock at night.    A very short period of time equal; the sixtieth part of a minute.    The Latin phrase ante meridiem which means before midday.    the period between sunrise and sunset or between two successive nights.

3.   sunset    The Latin phrase post meridiem which means after midday.    a period of time lasting thirty minutes.    the day before today    the moment each day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.

4.   morning    The part of an analog clock which measures the minutes.    A particular moment measured by hours, minutes, and seconds on a clock.    the earliest part of the day, beginning about sunrise and ending about noon.    The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds.

5.   noon    twelve o'clock in the daytime; midday.    the hours of darkness between sunset and dawn.    The time of day between late afternoon and nightfall.    the time of day between noon and evening

6.   midnight    the present day.    twelve o'clock at night.    The part of an analog clock which measures the minutes.    a type of clock which does not have hands but rather uses numerals to display the time

7.   day    twelve o'clock in the daytime; midday.    A type of clock that tells the time by means of hands moving on a dial plate.    the moment each day at which the sun first becomes visible above the eastern horizon.    the period between sunrise and sunset or between two successive nights.

8.   midday    A word that is used when giving the time.    a unit of time equal to sixty minutes; the twenty-fourth part of a day    The middle part of the day or the time near or around the middle part of the day.    the moment each day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.

9.   clock    the moment each day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.    A particular moment measured by hours, minutes, and seconds on a clock.    the day after today.    A machine that tells the time.

10.   half-hour    a period of time lasting thirty minutes.    the earliest part of the day, beginning about sunrise and ending about noon.    the present day.    a period of fifteen minutes.

11.   second    A type of clock that tells the time by means of hands moving on a dial plate.    A very short period of time equal; the sixtieth part of a minute.    the moment each day at which the sun first becomes visible above the eastern horizon.    When time has passed

12.   sunrise    the day after today.    The Latin phrase ante meridiem which means before midday.    twelve o'clock at night.    the moment each day at which the sun first becomes visible above the eastern horizon.