/mawr"ning/ , n.
1. the first part or period of the day, extending from dawn, or from midnight, to noon.
2. the beginning of day; dawn: Morning is almost here.
3. the first or early period of anything; beginning: the morning of life.
adj.
4. of or pertaining to morning: the morning hours.
5. occurring, appearing, used, etc., in the morning: a morning coffee break.
[ 1200-50; ME; see MORN, -ING 1 ; modeled on EVENING ]
Syn. 2. morn, daybreak, sunrise.