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

For some, the word morning may refer to the period immediately following waking up, irrespective of the current time of day. This modern sense of morning is due largely to the worldwide spread of electricity, and the independence from natural light sources.

The morning is the part of each day between the time that people usually wake up and 12 o'clock noon or lunchtime.

MORNING definition: 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.

Definition of morning noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. the early part of the day from the time when people wake up until 12 o'clock in the middle of the day or before lunch. They left for Spain early this morning. See you tomorrow morning. She drove to Bristol yesterday morning. She still felt unwell the following morning.

Morning is the earliest part of the day. No matter what time you get up, morning ends at noon. Originally, in the 13th century, morning meant the time just before sunrise.

Jul 1, 2025 · From Middle English morwenyng, from morwen +‎ -ing. By surface analysis, morn +‎ ing. See also morrow (Middle English morwe). morning (plural mornings) I'll see you tomorrow morning. I'm working in the morning, so let's meet in the afternoon.

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.

Synonyms for MORNING: morn, day, forenoon, daybreak, sunrise, dawn, dawning, daylight; Antonyms of MORNING: night, evening, dark, darkness, afternoon, sunset, nighttime, dusk

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