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Definition of Good morning
1. Noun. A conventional expression of greeting or farewell.
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
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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