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# morn

noun (morn — literary)

«morn» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (literary, poetry) Morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morn/#m1)
2. (dialect, Scotland) Tomorrow: the morn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morn/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morn/#x1)
- On Christmas morn, the children woke at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morn/#x2)
- «From morn till night,» sang the farmer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morn/#x3)
- «See you the morn!» said my Scottish gran. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morn/#x4)
- The poem describes a cold winter morn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morn/#x5)
- They set off at morn and walked all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morn/#x6)
- There we can enjoy ourselves and be happy from morn till night.’” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morn/#x7)

### 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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«morn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/morn.html) on Mova free.