morning

plural mornings

1. The early part of the day, especially from midnight to noon.First known use 13th c.

   I'll see you tomorrow morning.

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   I'm working in the morning, so let's meet in the afternoon.

   Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.

   1835, Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, volume 1, pages 284–5

   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.

   1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC

   Sheesh, it's two in the morning. Why do kids always have to feel sick at two in the morning?

   1988 October 11, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic)

   Synonyms: a.m., forenoon, yeender

2. figurativelyThe early part of anything.First known use 16th c.
3. obsoleteThat part of the day from dawn until the main meal (typically in late afternoon).First known use 18th–19th c.

   We breakfasted before nine, and do not dine till half-past six on the occasion, so I hope we three shall have a long morning enough.

   1813, Jane Austen, letter, 26 October

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   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.

   1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 101

4. ScotlandThe first alcoholic drink of the day; a morning draught.First known use 18th c.

1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of good morning.

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

   2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Excess Express

plural Mornings

1. A surname.