morning
♦♦♦ morn|ing /m'ɔːrnɪŋ/ (mornings)
1 [N-VAR]
The morning is the part of each day between the time that people usually wake up and 12 o'clock noon or lunchtime.
During the morning your guide will take you around the city...
On Sunday morning Bill was woken by the telephone...
He read about it in his morning paper.
2 [N-SING] the N
If you refer to a particular time in the morning, you mean a time between 12 o'clock midnight and 12 o'clock noon.
I often stayed up until two or three in the morning...
3 [PHRASE]
If you say that something will happen in the morning, you mean that it will happen during the morning of the following day.
I'll fly it to London in the morning...
4 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If you say that something happens morning, noon and night, you mean that it happens all the time.
You get fit by playing the game, day in, day out, morning, noon and night.cof|fee morn|ing (coffee mornings)
[N-COUNT]
A coffee morning is a social event at which coffee and tea are served. It takes place in the morning, and is usually intended to raise money for charity. (BRIT)good morn|ing
[CONVENTION]
You say `Good morning' when you are greeting someone in the morning. (FORMAL)morn|ing dress
[N-UNCOUNT]
Morning dress is a suit that is worn by men for very formal occasions such as weddings. It consists of a grey or black coat that is longer at the back than the front, grey trousers, a white shirt, a grey tie, and often a top hat.morn|ing room (morning rooms)
also morning-room
[N-COUNT]
In some large, old houses, the morning room is a living room which gets the sun in the morning. (OLD-FASHIONED)morn|ing sick|ness
[N-UNCOUNT]
Morning sickness is a feeling of sickness that some women have, often in the morning, when they are pregnant.morn|ing star
[N-SING] the N
The morning star is the planet Venus, which can be seen shining in the sky just after the sun rises.
1 [N-VAR]
The morning is the part of each day between the time that people usually wake up and 12 o'clock noon or lunchtime.
During the morning your guide will take you around the city...
On Sunday morning Bill was woken by the telephone...
He read about it in his morning paper.
2 [N-SING] the N
If you refer to a particular time in the morning, you mean a time between 12 o'clock midnight and 12 o'clock noon.
I often stayed up until two or three in the morning...
3 [PHRASE]
If you say that something will happen in the morning, you mean that it will happen during the morning of the following day.
I'll fly it to London in the morning...
4 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If you say that something happens morning, noon and night, you mean that it happens all the time.
You get fit by playing the game, day in, day out, morning, noon and night.cof|fee morn|ing (coffee mornings)
[N-COUNT]
A coffee morning is a social event at which coffee and tea are served. It takes place in the morning, and is usually intended to raise money for charity. (BRIT)good morn|ing
[CONVENTION]
You say `Good morning' when you are greeting someone in the morning. (FORMAL)morn|ing dress
[N-UNCOUNT]
Morning dress is a suit that is worn by men for very formal occasions such as weddings. It consists of a grey or black coat that is longer at the back than the front, grey trousers, a white shirt, a grey tie, and often a top hat.morn|ing room (morning rooms)
also morning-room
[N-COUNT]
In some large, old houses, the morning room is a living room which gets the sun in the morning. (OLD-FASHIONED)morn|ing sick|ness
[N-UNCOUNT]
Morning sickness is a feeling of sickness that some women have, often in the morning, when they are pregnant.morn|ing star
[N-SING] the N
The morning star is the planet Venus, which can be seen shining in the sky just after the sun rises.