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morning

[mawr-ning]

noun

  1. the first part or period of the day, extending from dawn, or from midnight, to noon.

  2. the beginning of day; dawn.

    Morning is almost here.

    Synonyms: , ,
  3. the first or early period of anything; beginning.

    the morning of life.



adjective

  1. of or relating to morning.

    the morning hours.

  2. occurring, appearing, used, etc., in the morning.

    a morning coffee break.

morning

/ ˈɔːɪŋ /

noun

  1. the first part of the day, ending at or around noon

  2. sunrise; daybreak; dawn

  3. the beginning or early period

    the morning of the world

  4. informalthe aftereffects of excess, esp a hangover

  5. (modifier) of, used, or occurring in the morning

    morning coffee

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • premorning adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of morning1

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English; morn + -ing 1; modeled on evening
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of morning1

C13 morwening, from morn , formed on the model of evening
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with morning, also see good day (morning); Monday-morning quarterback.
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Example Sentences

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Hours before players are required to be in the building, Gadsden walked through plays on the field by himself every morning, saying the play calls aloud to familiarize himself with the playbook.

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He visited three venues in one morning - none turned him away.

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But other nations have evacuated its citizens - on Tuesday morning, a Czech government plane landed in Prague carrying 66 people from Israel, the defence minister confirmed.

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He’d planned to gas up his truck that morning but drove past the station when he saw “law enforcement” vehicles at the pumps, because he was afraid they were ICE officials.

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Van Poortvliet will fly to Dublin on Tuesday morning to help the team prepare for their match against Argentina on Friday.

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What is a basic definition ofmorning?

Morning refers to the beginning of the day. Morning is used figuratively to refer to the beginning of anything. Morning is also used to describe something that involves or occurs during the morning.Depending on who you ask, the exact hours of the morning will be different. Generally speaking, morning begins either at sunrise or at midnight (12 a.m.) and ends at noon (12 p.m.).



  • Real-life examples: People usually sleep at night and wake up in the morning. The sun rises in the morning. Roosters are known to crow during the morning when the sun comes up.


  • Used in a sentence: I would rather sleep until noon than wake up early in the morning.


Morning is also used figuratively to mean the beginning of something, such as a life, or an early period of something.



  • Real-life examples: The first movies were made in the morning of the film industry. Babyhood is the morning of a human’s life.


  • Used in a sentence: Archaeologists discovered artifacts left behind by people who lived during the morning of civilization.


As an adjective, morning means that something is related to the morning or happens during the morning.



  • Real-life examples: A morning person likes being awake in the morning. A morning shower is taken in the early part of the day.


  • Used in a sentence: Delivering the morning newspaper means waking up at 5 a.m.


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