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MORNING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A conventional expression of greeting or farewell
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("morning" is a kind of...):
farewell; word of farewell (an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting)
greeting; salutation ((usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting))
Sense 2
Meaning:
The earliest period
Example:
the morning of the world
Synonyms:
dawn; morning
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("morning" is a kind of...):
start (the beginning of anything)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The time period between dawn and noon
Example:
I spent the morning running errands
Synonyms:
forenoon; morn; morning; morning time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("morning" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Meronyms (parts of "morning"):
early-morning hour (an hour early in the morning)
Holonyms ("morning" is a part of...):
day; daylight; daytime (the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The first light of day
Example:
they talked until morning
Synonyms:
aurora; break of day; break of the day; cockcrow; dawn; dawning; daybreak; dayspring; first light; morning; sunrise; sunup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("morning" is a kind of...):
hour; time of day (clock time)
Context examples:
In the clear, still morning air there sounded far away the sharp, hard note of a single rifle-shot.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Morning exercise appears to increase the ability of muscle cells to metabolize sugar and fat, and this type of effect interests the researchers in relation to people with severe overweight and type 2 diabetes.
(Morning, Evening Exercise Provides Different Health Benefits, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In the morning, however, as soon as it was light, I went upon deck and found all the sailors busy on one side of the vessel, apparently talking to someone in the sea.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
I dared commit no fault: I strove to fulfil every duty; and I was termed naughty and tiresome, sullen and sneaking, from morning to noon, and from noon to night.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
On going down to breakfast the next morning, she found there had just been a decent pretence on the lady's side of meaning to leave them.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
A 5.3-magnitude quake was recorded at 4:53 a.m Thursday morning (2053 Wednesday night, UTC) in Manay, Davao Oriental.
(Aftershocks increase death toll of magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Philippines, Wikinews)
“Surprisingly, however, we do not see the iron vapour in the morning,” says Ehrenreich.
(ESO Telescope Observes Exoplanet Where It Rains Iron, ESO)
Children with asthma may experience wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and trouble breathing, especially early in the morning or at night.
(Asthma in Children, NIH)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient awaken too early in the morning (earlier than was his/her habit)?
(NPI - Awaken Too Early in Morning, NCI Thesaurus)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient wake up at night, dress, and plan to go out thinking that it is morning and time to start the day?
(NPI - Wake Up at Night, Dress, and Plan to Go Out, NCI Thesaurus)
