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: sunrise, daybreak, morn

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

/ 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 aftereffects of excess, esp a hangover

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

   morning coffee

Other Word Forms

• premorning adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of morning¹

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English; morn + -ing ¹; modeled on evening

Word History and Origins

Origin of morning¹

C13 morwening, from _morn , formed on the model of _evening

Idioms and Phrases

• Monday-morning quarterback
• good day (morning)

Example Sentences

On a recent Sunday morning in Provo, Utah, a small congregation of about two dozen people gathered in a church hall for ward services.

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After leaving the area and going to sleep, they returned the next morning and found it was the body of a woman.

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The court papers offer a slew of evidence that prosecutors say shows that Rinderknecht was on the hiking trail in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day when the fire started.

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But his tombstone was defaced on Thursday morning, local authorities said.

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“Much of our growth, if not all of it, will be in the premium sectors,” Delta President Glenn Hauenstein said on a call with analysts Thursday morning.

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Related Words

• dawn 

When To Use

What is a basic definition of morning?

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.