morning

English

Etymology

From Middle English morwenyng, from morwen +‎ -ing. By surface analysis, morn +‎ ing. See also morrow (Middle English morwe).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/

  Audio (UK) [ˈmoːnɪŋ]

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/

  Audio (US) [ˈmo̞ɹnɪ̃ŋ]

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪŋ
• Hyphenation: morn‧ing
• Homophone: mourning (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
• (without the horse–hoarse merger)
  • (rhotic) IPA^(key): /mɔːɹnɪŋ/
  • (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /mɔːnɪŋ/

Noun

morning (plural mornings)

1. The early part of the day, especially from dawn to noon. [from 13th c.]

   I'll see you tomorrow morning.

   I'm working in the morning, so let's meet in the afternoon.

   • 1835, Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, volume 1, pages 284–5:

     Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.

   • Part definition

     A portion; a component.

     1. A fraction of a whole. (1 of 18 part definitions)

   • Day definition

     ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Land Dayak languages.

   • Dawn definition

     To begin to brighten with daylight. (1 of 3 dawn definitions)

   • Noon definition

     The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. (1 of 4 noon definitions)
2. (figurative) The early part of anything. [from 16th c.]
3. (obsolete) That part of the day from dawn until the main meal (typically in late afternoon). [18th–19th c.]
   • 1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 101:

     Celestina […] retired to her own room, leaving her friend to the pleasing and important occupation of the toilet, in which half of what is now called morning, was usually passed by Matilda.

   • 1813, Jane Austen, letter, 26 October:

     We breakfasted before nine, and do not dine till half-past six on the occasion, so I hope we three shall have a long morning enough.

4. (chiefly Scotland) The first alcoholic drink of the day; a morning draught. [from 18th c.]

   • Morning Draught definition

     An alcoholic drink taken as breakfast, or early in the morning.

Synonyms

• (time from dawn to noon): forenoon; yeender (dialect); see also Thesaurus:morning
• (time from midnight to noon): a.m.; forenoon; yeender (dialect)

Coordinate terms

• afternoon; evening; night

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, midnight ^{(Category: en:Times of day)}

Interjection

morning

1. A greeting said in the morning; shortening of good morning.

   • Good Morning definition

     Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning. (1 of 4 good morning definitions)

Anagrams

• norming

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

morning m (definite singular morningen, indefinite plural morninger, definite plural morningene)

1. alternative spelling of morgning

   • Morgning definition

     dawn, the becoming of morning (1 of 2 morgning definitions)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²moː.ɳɪŋ/

Noun

morning m (definite singular morningen, indefinite plural morningar, definite plural morningane)

1. alternative spelling of morgning