Definition of 'morning'
Word forms: plural mornings
1. variable noun
2. singular noun
3.
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in the morning
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morning in British English
noun
5. (modifier)
of, used, or occurring in the morning
morning coffee
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Word origin
C13 morwening, from morn, formed on the model of eveningWord Frequency
morning in American English
noun
1.
the first or early part of the day, from midnight, or esp. dawn, to noon
2.
the first or early part
the morning of life
3.
the dawn; daybreak
adjective
4.
of, in, or for the morning
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Word origin
ME morweninge (by analogy with
evening) < OE morgen, morning, akin to Ger < IE base *mer(e)k-, to glimmer, twilight > obs. Czech mrkati, to dawn, grow dark
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British English: morning
/ˈmɔːnɪŋ/ NOUN
The morning is the part of a day between the time that people wake up and noon.
On Sunday morning he was woken by the telephone.
- American English: morning
- Arabic: صَبَاحٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: manhã
- Chinese: 早晨
- Croatian: jutro
- Czech: ráno
- Danish: morgen
- Dutch: ochtend
- European Spanish: mañana parte del día
- Finnish: aamu
- French: matin
- German: Morgen
- Greek: πρωί
- Italian: mattina
- Japanese: 午前
- Korean: 아침
- Norwegian: morgen
- Polish: ranek
- European Portuguese: manhã
- Romanian: dimineață
- Russian: утро
- Latin American Spanish: mañana tiempo desde la medianoche hasta el mediodía
- Swedish: morgon
- Thai: เวลาเช้า
- Turkish: sabah
- Ukrainian: ранок
- Vietnamese: buổi sáng
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