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Definition of morning
1a : 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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The first known use of morning was in the 13th century
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