# morning

Pronunciation: US say "MOR-ning" /ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/; UK say "MAW-ning" /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The early part of the day, mainly from sunrise until noon (by the clock, from midnight); in older use, until the main meal.
   - Simple: The first part of the day, usually from sunrise until twelve o'clock, though by the clock it starts at midnight.
   - _She always feels most focused in the morning, before the office gets busy._
   - _Heavy rain fell throughout the morning and well into the afternoon._
3. The early or beginning part of anything.
   - Simple: The early part of something, such as the start of a life or career.
   - _In the morning of his reign, the young king pushed through sweeping reforms._
   - _The company, still in the morning of its existence, struggled to win its first customers._

## Interjection

2. Ellipsis of good morning: a casual greeting used when meeting someone early in the day. — Ellipsis of good morning.
   - Simple: Short form of good morning: a quick hello you say before noon.
   - _"Morning," the commuters muttered to one another on the crowded platform._
   - _She gave a quick "Morning" to her colleagues and headed for the kitchen._

## Other meanings

- (noun) The first alcoholic drink of the day, taken on rising; a morning draught.

## Origin

Middle English created the word morwenyng by attaching the suffix -ing to morwen. If you simply look at its parts today, it reads as morn plus -ing. The word morrow, which was morwe in Middle English, is related.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/morning (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).