morning
[noun]
Synonyms: dawn, a.m., break of day, daybreak, forenoon, morn (poetic), sunrise

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Contrasted words: sundown, sunset, afternoon, evening, day, night

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. morn‧ing¹ S1 W1 /ˈmɔːnɪŋ $ ˈmɔːr-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: morn + -ing (as in evening)]

1. the early part of the day, from when the sun rises until 12 o'clock in the middle of the day:
I hated those cold winter mornings.
I’m not feeling very well this morning.
He stayed in bed late on Sunday morning.
She took the early morning train.

2. the part of the day from 12 o'clock at night until 12 o'clock in the middle of the day
two/four o'clock in the morning
The phone rang at three in the morning.
It’s four o'clock in the morning.

3. in the morning if something will happen in the morning, it will happen during the morning of the following day:
I’ll deal with that in the morning.

4. mornings during the morning of each day:
She works mornings at the local school.

5. morning, noon, and night used to emphasize that something happens a lot or continuously:
I was on duty morning, noon, and night.
⇒ coffee morning

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. morning² interjection
used to greet someone in the morning:
Morning, everybody!

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

morning
noun
ADJ. this, tomorrow, yesterday | Friday, Saturday, etc. | early, late The side of the mountain appeared pink in the early morning light.
April, May, etc. | spring, summer, etc. | beautiful, bright, fine, sunny | cold, frosty, grey
VERB + MORNING spend I spent the morning doing some sightseeing.
MORNING + VERB dawn The morning dawned bright and sunny.
progress, wear on As the morning wore on she became more and more tired.
MORNING + NOUN coffee, tea | prayer, service | rush hour, train | newspaper, paper | sickness
PREP. by ~, during the ~, in the ~, on Monday, etc. ~, towards ~ Towards morning the snow turned to rain.
PHRASES first thing in the morning I'll see to it first thing in the morning.
from morning till night, good morning He didn't even say ‘Good morning’.
morning, noon and night It's all she talks about, morning, noon and night (= all the time).
the rest of the morning

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

morning

Friday/Monday/Saturday etc morning
I’ll see you on Monday morning.
tomorrow morning
Can you have the report ready by tomorrow morning?
yesterday morning
I haven’t seen her since yesterday morning.
this morning (=today in the morning)
What did you do this morning?
the next morning/the following morning
His meeting was not until the next morning.
late morning
By the time he woke, it was late morning.
the early morning
A light frost covered the fields in the early morning.
a beautiful/fine/sunny morning
Outside it was a beautiful morning.
a cold/frosty morning
Porridge tastes good on a cold morning.
a summer/winter etc morning
They set off on a beautiful spring morning.
the morning sun/light/mist
the warmth of the morning sun
a morning coffee/run/swim (=that someone does, drinks etc in the morning)
She read the paper while drinking her morning coffee.
the morning paper/news (=that is published or broadcast in the morning)
The story was in all the morning papers.
the morning train/flight (=that leaves in the morning)
She took the morning flight back to London.
early in the morning
He has to get up very early in the morning.
first thing in the morning (=at the beginning of the morning)
She set off first thing in the morning.
from morning till night (=all day – used for emphasis)
He works from morning till night.
in the small hours of the morning (=very early, before dawn)
I was woken up in the small hours of the morning by a strange sound.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

morning
noun
BAD: At morning I wake up at 6.30.
GOOD: In the morning I wake up at 6.30.
BAD: The trains are very crowded in morning.
GOOD: The trains are very crowded in the morning.

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