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Good morning
Definitions
- 1 Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.
"The teacher welcomed the kids to school with "Good morning, boys and girls.""
- 2 A parting in the morning. uncommon
"Thank you for coming everyone and I hope to see you again next year. Good morning."
- 3 Used to greet someone who has just awakened (irrespective of the time of day). broadly, humorous
"Up at the crack of dusk! Good morning!"
- 4 Said to someone who has come to a belated realization. broadly, informal
"You're just realizing that now? Good morning!"
- 1 A greeting consisting of the interjection.
- 2 a conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good morning wordnet
- 3 An exercise performed by bending forward at the waist and then returning to a standing posture, while bearing a barbell or resistance band across the shoulders.
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:good morning."
- 1 Alternative form of good-morning (“to say good morning (to someone)”). alt-of, alternative
"It could not otherwise befall / (Sir Thomas, and his Wife, this course persuing,) / But that the Lady, affable to all, / Should greet the Friars, on her way / To matins, as she met them, every day, / Good morninging, and how d’ye doing: […]"
Etymology
From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn.
From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn.
From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn.
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