The meaning of MORNING is dawn. How to use morning in a sentence.

Many people greet someone with the shortened 'morning' rather than 'good morning'. It is used as a greeting, never a farewell, unlike 'good night' which is used as the latter.

MORNING meaning: 1. the part of the day from the time when the sun rises or you wake up until the middle of the day…. Learn more.

Morning is the earliest part of the day. No matter what time you get up, morning ends at noon.

During the morning your guide will take you around the city. On Sunday morning Bill was woken by the telephone. Synonyms: before noon, forenoon, morn [poetic], a.m. More Synonyms of morning. If you refer to a particular time in the morning, you mean a time between 12 o'clock midnight and 12 o'clock noon.

Definition of morning noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Jul 1, 2025 · morning (plural mornings) The early part of the day, especially from midnight to noon. [from 13th c.] I'll see you tomorrow morning. I'm working in the morning, so let's meet in the afternoon.

morning (n.) "first part of the day" (technically from midnight to noon), late 14c., a contraction of mid-13c. morwenynge, moregeninge, from morn, morewen (see morn) + suffix -ing, on pattern of evening.

the first period of the day, usually from dawn, but sometimes considered from midnight, up to noon: [uncountable] On Monday morning we arrived at work. [countable] On Monday mornings she usually comes to work late.

There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the word morning, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.