morning

[mawr-ning] /ˈmɔr nɪŋ/
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.
3.
the first or early period of anything; beginning:
the morning of life.
adjective
4.
of or pertaining to morning:
the morning hours.
5.
occurring, appearing, used, etc., in the morning:
a morning coffee break.
Origin
1200-50; Middle English; see morn, -ing1; modeled on evening
Related forms
premorning, adjective
Synonyms
2. morn, daybreak, sunrise.
Examples from the web for morning
  • Two instances of alleged plagiarism involving academe are making headlines this morning.
  • Millions of people were treated to a rare view of a solar eclipse this morning.
  • Some of the best morning foods are even better with buttermilk.
  • Today's robots move about as fast as your grandma's morning mall-walking group.
  • Most of us have a morning and an evening routine, whether or not you think of them in those terms.
  • Sleeping with a lonely heart brings a hormone jolt in the morning.
  • Tomorrow morning you'll have a rare opportunity to experience a live moon crash.
  • The stress of the day, from morning traffic to the evening news, can make anyone's blood pressure rise.
  • Here are some photos of frosty lettuce, the morning after a frigid night.
  • Diaries of the preceding days mention smoky air and a red sun at morning and evening.
British Dictionary definitions for morning

morning

/ˈmɔːnɪŋ/
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.
(informal) the morning after, the aftereffects of excess, esp a hangover
5.
(modifier) of, used, or occurring in the morning: morning coffee
See also mornings
Word Origin
C13 morwening, from morn, formed on the model of evening
Word Origin and History for morning
n.

mid-13c., morn, morewen (see morn) + suffix -ing, on pattern of evening. Originally the time just before sunrise. As an adjective from 1530s. Morning after in reference to a hangover is from 1884; in reference to a type of contraception, attested from 1867. Morning sickness as a symptom of pregnancy is from 1793 (Old English had morgenwlætung). Morning glory is from 1814, in reference to the time the flowers open. Morning star "Venus in the east before sunrise" is from 1530s (Old English had morgensteorra "morn-star"). As a greeting, short for good morning, attested by 1895.

Idioms and Phrases with morning

morning

In addition to the idiom beginning with
morning
also see: