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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈmɔːnɪŋ/
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Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard:
/ˈmoːnɪŋ/
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General-American:
/ˈmoɹnɪŋ/
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Midlands, Northern-England:
/ˈmɔːnɪŋɡ/
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Ireland:
/ˈmoɹnɪŋ/
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/ˈmɑːɹnən/
Dublin
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/ˈmɑːɹnəŋ/
Dublin
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Scotland:
/mɔɾnɪŋ/
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/mɒːnɪŋɡ/
Manchester
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Eastern-New-England:
/mɒnɪŋ/
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/mɔɹnɪŋ/
early 20th century General American, near-obsolete
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Received-Pronunciation, obsolete:
/mɔːnɪŋ/
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homophone: mourning (horse–hoarse merger)
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)nɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET:
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Ellipsis of good morning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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The early part of the day, especially from midnight to noon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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I'll see you tomorrow morning. I'm working in the morning, so let's meet in the afternoon.
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The early part of anything.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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That part of the day from dawn until the main meal (typically in late afternoon).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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The first alcoholic drink of the day; a morning draught.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: good morning
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Broader terms: farewell, word of farewell, greeting, salutation
the earliest period
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the dawn of civilization the morning of the world
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Synonyms: dawn
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Broader terms: start
the time period between dawn and noon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
I spent the morning running errands
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Synonyms: morn, morning time, forenoon
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Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
the first light of day
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
we got up before dawn they talked until morning
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Synonyms: dawn, dawning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow
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Broader terms: hour, time of day
From Middle English morwenynge, from morwen + -ynge. By surface analysis, morn + -ing. See also morrow (Middle English morwe).