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GOOD MORNING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A conventional expression of greeting or farewell
Synonyms:
good morning; morning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("good morning" is a kind of...):
farewell; word of farewell (an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting)
greeting; salutation ((usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting))
Context examples:
Good morning to you, my dear sir.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Good morning, Sir.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Good morning to you.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
“He doesn’t show before midday. Ah, Jack, good morning! Your servant, madam! It’s a fine day for a little bit of waggoning.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I gave him good morning, and asked him what o'clock it was.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Now, however, we must wish you and Mrs. Bates good morning.”
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Then the shepherd jumped upon the horse, wished Hans and the cow good morning, and away he rode.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
About five-and-twenty boys were studiously engaged at their books when we went in, but they rose to give the Doctor good morning, and remained standing when they saw Mr. Wickfield and me.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Good morning to you.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Then he made the best of his way off, while the nurse laughed and the baby crowed; and all the court jeered at him for having had so much trouble for nothing, and said, We wish you a very good morning, and a merry feast, Mr RUMPLESTILTSKIN!
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
