- morning
- nounADJECTIVE▪ this, tomorrow, yesterday▪ following, next▪ previous▪ Friday, Saturday, etc.▪ weekday, weekend▪ early, late▪
The side of the mountain appeared pink in the early morning light.
▪ April, May, etc.▪ spring, summer, etc.▪ beautiful, bright, clear, fine, glorious, lovely, sunny, warm▪ chilly, cold, cool, crisp, dreary, foggy, frosty, grey/gray, misty, rainy, snowy▪ fateful▪After that fateful morning, my life changed.
▪ lazy▪We had a lazy morning at home.
▪ peaceful, quiet▪ busy▪ typical▪On a typical morning, I'll have cereal for breakfast.
VERB + MORNING▪ spend▪I spent the morning doing some sightseeing.
MORNING + VERB▪ arrive, come, dawn▪The morning dawned bright and sunny.
▪ pass, progress, wear on▪As the morning wore on she became more and more tired.
▪ bring sth▪The morning brought blue sky and golden clouds.
MORNING + NOUN▪ coffee, tea▪ meal (esp. AmE)▪ prayer, service, worship▪ hours▪ rush, rush hour▪ flight, traffic, train▪ commute, drive, ride▪ jog, swim, walk, workout▪ chores (esp. AmE)▪ ritual, routine▪ shift▪ bath, shower▪I took my usual morning shower and brushed my teeth.
▪ news, newspaper, paper▪ briefing, meeting▪ programme/program, show, television (all esp. AmE)▪He was a presenter on a morning talk show.
▪ call▪ class, session▪ air, breeze, dew, light, mist, sky, sun, sunlight, sunshine▪ sickness▪ person▪I'm not a morning person (= I don't like mornings).
PREPOSITION▪ by morning▪ during the morning, in the morning▪ on Monday, etc. morning, on the morning of sth▪We got the news on the morning of the wedding.
▪ towards/toward morning▪Towards/Toward morning the snow turned to rain.
PHRASES▪ first thing in the morning▪I'll see to it first thing in the morning.
▪ from morning till night, morning, noon and night▪It's all she talks about, morning, noon and night (= all the time).
▪ good morning▪He didn't even say ‘Good morning’.
▪ the rest of the morning
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
