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.

The first records of morning come from around 1200. It comes from the Middle English morwening and was modeled on the older word evening.

What are some other forms related to morning?

• premorning (adjective)

What are some synonyms for morning?

• dawn
• morn
• daybreak
• sunrise

What are some words that share a root or word element with morning? 

• morn
• morning after
• morning glory
• morning sickness
• morning tea

What are some words that often get used in discussing morning?

• beginning
• early
• wake
• breakfast
• coffee
• news

Morning is a common word that refers to the early hours of the day.

Early morning flights.. I hate mornings..actually hate is a strong word. I (vocab word) "detest" mornings

— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) May 22, 2010

I’m headed out for my morning jog 🏃🏿‍♂️

— Chad Johnson (@ochocinco) April 9, 2020

First, some marmalade on toast and then we're making mince pies. I think this is going to be a very good morning.

— Paddington (@paddingtonbear) December 9, 2020

True or False?

The sun sets in the morning.