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noun morn·ing \ ˈmȯr-niŋ \

Definition of morning

1 a :dawn

tossed and turned all night until morning finally came

b :the time from sunrise to noon

She liked to get things done early in the morning.

c :the time from midnight to noon

It was ten o'clock in the morning.

2 :a period of first development :beginning

The war started in the morning of his reign.

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Examples of morning in a Sentence

She liked to get things done early in the morning.
I worked in the yard for part of the morning.
I saw him this morning, and I'll be meeting with him again tomorrow morning.
We have a meeting scheduled for 10 o'clock Wednesday morning.
On Sunday mornings I like to relax and read the newspaper.
She arrived on the morning of March 18.
the morning after a storm
It was early morning when I woke.
We sat around drinking coffee all morning.
We won't find out until morning.

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Early one September morning in 1975, a 46-year-old woman busied herself preparing to go in for the first day of a brand-new job.

— nancy bilyeau, Town & Country, "How Jackie Kennedy Became a Powerful Book Editor After Leaving the White House," 18 Aug. 2017
Late the next morning, Gomes finally bags a bugio, a female.

— sam kean, Science | AAAS, "When will yellow fever strike Brazil again? Monkeys and mosquitoes hold clues," 17 Aug. 2017
Before Nickelodeon, there were two kinds of kids TV: there were puppet-derivative pre-school shows, and Saturday-morning cartoons.

— alex suskind, HWD, "Inside Nickelodeon’s Saturday Night Gamble," 15 Aug. 2017
Morning babble Trump & Friends loved their guy doubling down on his North Korean threat.

— vanityfair.com, "Fire, Fury and Championship Bowling in Guam," 11 Aug. 2017
Captured on the rover's 1,758th Martian day, this GIF is made up of 8 images taken in the early morning by one of the rover's navigation cameras.

— david grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Can You Spot Any Shapes in the Martian Clouds?," 10 Aug. 2017
Morning rush Sign up for the newsletter Max Londberg: 816-234-4378, @MaxLondberg Never miss a local story.

— max londberg, kansascity, "Morning Rush: Missouri hospital allegedly stole $90M; Gary Michael honored at vigil," 10 Aug. 2017
Cody J. Haley, 20, of Hardin, Iowa, was crushed by a falling tree while he was engaged in routine morning physical training.

— carl prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Marines probing tree fall that killed serviceman during training at Camp Pendleton," 7 Aug. 2017
Every day when coming to morning services I was mesmerized by an older man named Rabbi Chaim Gelb.

— rabbi avi weiss, Jewish Journal, "Weiss: Finding the balance of listening to God and to ourselves," 7 Aug. 2017

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Origin and Etymology of morning

Middle English, from morn + -ing (as in evening)

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First Known Use: 13th century

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morning Synonyms

Synonyms

forenoon, morn

Antonyms

nightfall, sundown, sunset

Related Words

aurora, dawn, dawning, daybreak, daylight; cockcrow, sunrise, sunup; day, daytime, light

Near Antonyms

dark, darkness, night, nighttime, twilight; dusk, evening, nightfall, sundown, sunset; afternoon

Other Calendar Terms

antedate, estival, gloaming, luster, sesquicentennial

MORNING Defined for English Language Learners

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Definition of morning for English Language Learners

: the early part of the day : the time of day from sunrise until noon
: the part of the day between midnight and noon
—used informally to say hello to someone in the morning

MORNING Defined for Kids

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noun morn·ing \ ˈmȯr-niŋ \

Definition of morning for Students

:the early part of the day :the time from sunrise to noon

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