I. morn ‧ ing 1 S1 W1 /ˈmɔːnɪŋ $ ˈmɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: morn + -ing (as in evening) ]
1 . the early part of the day, from when the sun rises until 12 o'clock in the middle of the day:
I hated those cold winter mornings.
I’m not feeling very well this morning.
He stayed in bed late on Sunday morning.
She took the early morning train.
2 . the part of the day from 12 o'clock at night until 12 o'clock in the middle of the day
two/four o'clock in the morning
The phone rang at three in the morning.
It’s four o'clock in the morning.
3 . in the morning if something will happen in the morning, it will happen during the morning of the following day:
I’ll deal with that in the morning.
4 . mornings during the morning of each day:
She works mornings at the local school.
5 . morning, noon, and night used to emphasize that something happens a lot or continuously:
I was on duty morning, noon, and night.
⇨ ↑ coffee morning
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COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + morning
▪ Friday/Monday/Saturday etc morning
I’ll see you on Monday morning.
▪ tomorrow morning
Can you have the report ready by tomorrow morning?
▪ yesterday morning
I haven’t seen her since yesterday morning.
▪ this morning (=today in the morning)
What did you do this morning?
▪ the next morning/the following morning
His meeting was not until the next morning.
▪ late morning
By the time he woke, it was late morning.
▪ the early morning
A light frost covered the fields in the early morning.
▪ a beautiful/fine/sunny morning
Outside it was a beautiful morning.
▪ a cold/frosty morning
Porridge tastes good on a cold morning.
▪ a summer/winter etc morning
They set off on a beautiful spring morning.
■ morning + NOUN
▪ the morning sun/light/mist
the warmth of the morning sun
▪ a morning coffee/run/swim (=that someone does, drinks etc in the morning)
She read the paper while drinking her morning coffee.
▪ the morning paper/news (=that is published or broadcast in the morning)
The story was in all the morning papers.
▪ the morning train/flight (=that leaves in the morning)
She took the morning flight back to London.
■ phrases
▪ early in the morning
He has to get up very early in the morning.
▪ first thing in the morning (=at the beginning of the morning)
She set off first thing in the morning.
▪ from morning till night (=all day – used for emphasis)
He works from morning till night.
▪ in the small hours of the morning (=very early, before dawn)
I was woken up in the small hours of the morning by a strange sound.
II. morning 2 BrE AmE interjection
used to greet someone in the morning:
Morning, everybody!