mornings

[mawr-ningz] /ˈmɔr nɪŋz/
adverb
1.
in or during the morning regularly.
Origin
1610-20

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 mornings
  • Keep remaining coffee and egg closely covered, in a cool place, to use two successive mornings.
  • Start routinizing the night before: no frantic mornings.
  • In the mornings, he would bicycle to the public library to study for the university entrance exam.
  • It was now three mornings since they had left their father's house.
  • Hundreds of people had come every day for four days to spend their mornings digging.
  • Forget those local worthies who help with the vicar's coffee mornings and arrange flowers.
  • Give her a whole summer of lazy mornings and dreamy afternoons.
  • We get fine, clear mornings, and sometimes rain in the afternoon.
  • It was one of those school mornings-some older guys had got her high on beer, for a joke.
  • He began many mornings by getting sick to his stomach.
British Dictionary definitions for mornings

mornings

/ˈmɔːnɪŋz/
adverb
1.
(informal) in the morning, esp regularly, or during every 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 mornings

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 mornings

morning

In addition to the idiom beginning with
morning
also see: