morning Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the time period between dawn and noon
    morning time; forenoon; morn.
    • I spent the morning running errands
  2. noun a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
    good morning.
  3. noun the first light of day
    sunup; daybreak; break of day; dawning; aurora; break of the day; first light; dayspring; dawn; cockcrow; sunrise.
    • we got up before dawn
    • they talked until morning
  4. noun the earliest period
    dawn.
    • the dawn of civilization
    • the morning of the world

WordNet

Morn"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service.
    She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with dew. Shak.

Webster 1913