Morning

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/
• GenAm IPA: /ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪŋ
• Hyphenation: morn + ing
• Homophones: mourning

Origin

From Middle English morwening, equivalent to morn + -ing. See also morrow, Middle English morwe.

Noun

1. The part of the day from dawn to midday.
• 1835, Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pp.284-5Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
• 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 4, One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
2. The part of the day after midnight and before midday: one o'clock in the morning = 0100 or 1 a.m.

Antonyms

• evening

Derived terms

Full definition of morning

Interjection

1. A greeting said in the morning; good morning

Anagrams

• norming