morn
noun (morn — literary)
Everyday
In the lessons
Used in poems, songs, old stories and hymns («on Christmas morn»). In Scotland, «the morn» means tomorrow in everyday talk. It tells the reader the writing is old-fashioned or poetic. Phrases: at morn, on Christmas morn, the morn (Scotland: tomorrow).
Examples
- The birds sang at early morn. tree →
- On Christmas morn, the children woke at dawn. tree →
- «From morn till night,» sang the farmer. tree →
- «See you the morn!» said my Scottish gran. tree →
- The poem describes a cold winter morn. tree →
- They set off at morn and walked all day. tree →
- There we can enjoy ourselves and be happy from morn till night.’” tree →
Note
Literary: in normal speech say «morning». Do not confuse with «mourn» (to feel sad after a death), which sounds the same in many accents (homophone). Scottish «the morn» = tomorrow.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «morn» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «morn» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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