1. morning(n = noun.time) forenoon, morn, morning time - the time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning running errands"
is a kind of period, period of time, time period
is a part of day, daylight, daytime
has parts: early-morning hour
2. morning(n = noun.communication) good morning - a conventional expression of greeting or farewell;
is a kind of farewell, word of farewell, greeting, salutation
3. morning(n = noun.time) aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, sunrise, sunup - the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
is a kind of hour, time of day
4. morning(n = noun.event) dawn - the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"
is a kind of start
1. The first or early part of the day, variously understood as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the time from midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc. [1913 Webster]
2. The first or early part; as, the morning of life. [1913 Webster]
3. The goddess Aurora. Shak. [1913 Webster]
Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service. [1913 Webster]
"She looks as clear
As morning roses newly washed with dew." [1913 Webster]
"Since he miscalled the morning star,
Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far." [1913 Webster]
morning, n. & int.
--n.
1 the early part of the day, esp. from sunrise to noon (this morning; during the morning; morning coffee).
2 this time spent in a particular way (had a busy morning).
3 sunrise, daybreak.
4 a time compared with the morning, esp. the early part of one's life etc.
--int. = good morning (see GOOD adj. 14).
Idiom:
in the morning
1 during or in the course of the morning.
2 colloq. tomorrow. morning after colloq. a hangover. morning-after pill a contraceptive pill effective when taken some hours after intercourse. morning coat a coat with tails, and with the front cut away below the waist. morning dress a man's morning coat and striped trousers. morning glory any of various twining plants of the genus Ipomoea, with trumpet-shaped flowers. morning-room a sitting-room for the morning. morning sickness nausea felt in the morning in pregnancy. morning star a planet or bright star, usu. Venus, seen in the east before sunrise. morning watch Naut. the 4-8 a.m. watch.
Etymology:
ME mor(we)ning f. morwen MORN + -ING(1) after evening
N morning, morn, forenoon, a, m, prime, dawn, daybreak, dayspring, foreday, sunup, peep of day, break of day, aurora, first blush of the morning, first flush of the morning, prime of the morning, twilight, crepuscule, sunrise, cockcrow, cockcrowing, the small hours, the wee hours of the morning, spring, vernal equinox, first point of Aries, noon, midday, noonday, noontide, meridian, prime, nooning, noontime, summer, midsummer, matin, matutinal, vernal, at sunrise, with the sun, with the lark, when the morning dawns, at shut of evening flowers, entre chien et loup, flames in the forehead of the morning sky, the breezy call of incense-breathing morn.
N earliness, morning, punctuality, promptitude, haste, suddenness, prematurity, precocity, precipitation, anticipation, a stitch in time, early, prime, forward, prompt, summary, premature, precipitate, precocious, prevenient, anticipatory, rath, sudden, unexpected, near, near at hand, immediate, early, soon, anon, betimes, rath, eft, eftsoons, ere long, before long, shortly, beforehand, prematurely, precipitately, too soon, before its time, before one's time, in anticipation, unexpectedly, suddenly, before one can say 'Jack Robinson', at short notice, extempore, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, at once, on the spot, on the instant, at sight, offhand, out of hand, a' vue d'oeil, straight, straightway, straightforth, forthwith, incontinently, summarily, immediately, briefly, shortly, quickly, speedily, apace, before the ink is dry, almost immediately, presently at the first opportunity, in no long time, by and by, in a while, directly, no sooner said than done, immediately, if not sooner, tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre.
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