Definition of Good morning

1. Noun. A conventional expression of greeting or farewell.

Exact synonyms: Morning
Generic synonyms: Farewell, Word Of Farewell, Greeting, Salutation

Definition of Good morning

1. Interjection. (non-gloss definition Used as a greeting when meeting somebody for the first time in the morning). ¹

2. Interjection. (by extension humorous) (non-gloss definition used to greet someone who has just awakened (irrespective of the time of day)). ¹

3. Interjection. (by extension informal) (non-gloss definition Said to someone who has come to a belated realization). ¹

4. Interjection. (non-gloss definition A greeting said when parting from someone in the morning). ¹

5. Noun. An exercise performed by bending forward at the waist and then returning to a standing posture, while bearing a barbell across the shoulders. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Good Morning

good heavens
good hiding
good house
good humor
good humour
good humouredness
good job
good jobs
good length
good lick
good looking
good looks
good luck
good luck charm
good manners
good morning (current term)
good mornings
good morrow
good nature
good naturedness
good news
good night
good now
good offices
good ol'
good ol' boy
good ol' boys
good old
good old boy
good old boy network

Literary usage of Good morning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Child Life: A Collection of Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier (1872)
"And, while on her pillow she softly lay, She knew nothing more till again it was day; And all things said to the beautiful sun, " Good-morning, good-morning ..."

2. American Educational Monthly (1872)
"As good morning, good evening, good night are but contractions of the phrases " a good morning to you," " a good evening to you," ..."

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