Many people greet someone with the shortened "morning" rather than "good morning". It is used as a greeting, never a farewell, unlike good night which is used as the latter.
The meaning of MORNING is dawn. How to use morning in a sentence.
Alcohol in the morning must be fresh and zippy. No sign of life or position had been received since early morning. The quiet suits this time of the morning.
There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the word morning, one of which is labelled obsolete. See Meaning & use for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
the first period of the day, usually from dawn, but sometimes considered from midnight, up to noon: [uncountable] On Monday morning we arrived at work. [countable] On Monday mornings she usually comes to work late.
Morning definition: The first or early part of the day, lasting from midnight to noon or from sunrise to noon.
MORNING definition: the first part or period of the day, extending from dawn, or from midnight, to noon. See examples of morning used in a sentence.
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