Morning Meaning
/ˈmɔːnɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe early part of the day, especially from midnight to noon.
nounThe early part of anything.
Sentence Examples
Back in high school, I got up at 6 a.m. every morning.
"Good morning", said Tom with a smile.
They left for Spain early this morning.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Every ____, I drink a hot cup of coffee before going to work.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I usually wake up early in the ____ to go for a refreshing run along the river before I start my busy workday at the office.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English morwenynge, from morwen + -ynge. By surface analysis, morn + -ing. See also morrow (Middle English morwe).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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):
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Every ____, I drink a hot cup of coffee before going to work.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I usually wake up early in the ____ to go for a refreshing run along the river before I start my busy workday at the office.