morning

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the time period between dawn and noon

   I spent the morning running errands

2. 2
   noun

   The early part of the day, especially from midnight to noon.

   I'll see you tomorrow morning.

3. 3
   noun

   That part of the day from dawn until the main meal (typically in late afternoon).

   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.

4. 4
   intj

   Ellipsis of good morning.

   Hey, ‘morning, Mario. Have you been to the dining car yet today?

5. 5
   noun

   a conventional expression of greeting or farewell

6. 6
   noun

   the earliest period

7. 7
   noun

   the first light of day

8. 8
   noun

   The early part of anything.

Etymology

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