MORNING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does morning mean? 

• MORNING (noun)
  The noun MORNING has 4 senses:

1. the time period between dawn and noon

2. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell

3. the first light of day

4. the earliest period

  Familiarity information: MORNING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MORNING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The time period between dawn and noon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

forenoon; morn; morning; morning time

Context example:

I spent the morning running errands

Hypernyms ("morning" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Meronyms (parts of "morning"):

early-morning hour (an hour early in the morning)

Holonyms ("morning" is a part of...):

day; daylight; daytime (the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A conventional expression of greeting or farewell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

good morning; morning

Hypernyms ("morning" is a kind of...):

farewell; word of farewell (an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting)

greeting; salutation ((usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting))

Sense 3

Meaning:

The first light of day

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

aurora; break of day; break of the day; cockcrow; dawn; dawning; daybreak; dayspring; first light; morning; sunrise; sunup

Context example:

they talked until morning

Hypernyms ("morning" is a kind of...):

hour; time of day (clock time)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The earliest period

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

dawn; morning

Context example:

the morning of the world

Hypernyms ("morning" is a kind of...):

start (the beginning of anything)

 Context examples 

Grey Beaver again made him fast with a thong, and in the morning turned him over to Beauty Smith.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Coffee was a treat, and Hannah showed great tact in making it that morning.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

And when the princess opened the door the frog came in, and slept upon her pillow as before, till the morning broke.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

They examined the effect of recalling positive memories on two signs of vulnerability to depression: negative self-related thoughts and high morning levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

(Recalling happy memories during adolescence can reduce risk of depression, University of Cambridge)

In the early morning hours of July 8, mission scientists received this new view of Pluto—the most detailed yet returned by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard New Horizons.

(A “Heart” from Pluto as Flyby Begins, NASA)

Recall ability after the sham stimulation generally improved on the morning test by a few percent.

(Sound Waves Boost Older Adult' Memory, Deep Sleep, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

No deaths or serious injuries were reported as of Monday morning, but the bushfires have caused extensive damage in rural areas of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW).

(Australian Wildfires Destroy Homes, Kill Cattle as Hundreds of People Flee, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

On the very first morning after her arrival she was up and ringing her bell at cock-crow.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

This was François’s speech next morning when he discovered Spitz missing and Buck covered with wounds.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

The next morning the sun was behind a cloud, but they started on, as if they were quite sure which way they were going.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)