nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fine day/morning/evening
a free day/morning/half-hour etc
▪ I haven’t got a free day this week.
a morning breeze
▪ the fresh morning breeze
a morning coat/tailcoat (=a formal coat that men sometimes wear for weddings)
a morning commuter
▪ By 7:30 the roads are jammed with the usual morning commuters.
a morning/afternoon appointment
▪ I asked for a morning appointment.
a morning/afternoon break
▪ I don’t usually have time for a morning break.
a morning/afternoon/evening shift
▪ All the machines are cleaned at the end of every afternoon shift.
an afternoon/morning nap
▪ She has her afternoon nap at about two.
coffee morning
early in the morning/afternoon/evening
▪ We set off early in the morning.
early morning/afternoon/evening
▪ The lake looked beautiful in the pale early morning light.
Friday morning/afternoon etc
▪ Can you meet me Friday morning?
from morning to night (=without stopping)
▪ housewives who work from morning to night
frosty morning
▪ a beautiful frosty morning
good morning
later that day/morning/week etc
▪ The baby died later that night.
Monday morning/afternoon etc
▪ Let’s go out for a meal on Monday night.
morning coat
morning dress
morning glory
morning, noon, and night (=all the time)
▪ She nagged at him morning, noon, and night.
Morning Prayer
morning room
morning sickness
morning star
morning suit
morning/afternoon/evening calm
▪ A scream shattered the late afternoon calm.
morning/autumnal/January etc chill
▪ Suddenly aware of the morning chill, she closed the window.
morning/evening/midnight etc Mass
▪ Will I see you at morning Mass?
Saturday morning/afternoon etc
▪ They arrived in Paris on Saturday evening.
sb’s morning routine
▪ His morning routine started with a cup of tea followed by a shower.
Sunday morning/afternoon etc
▪ Sunday nights are usually pretty quiet.
the morning/afternoon/evening sun
▪ We ate breakfast outside in the gentle morning sun.
the morning/afternoon/evening sunlight
▪ Their armour glinted in the early morning sunlight.
the morning/afternoon/evening sunshine
▪ The morning sunshine brightened the room.
the morning/dawn light
▪ The flowers glowed brightly in the morning light.
the morning/evening mist
▪ The sun broke through the morning mist.
the morning/evening/night air
▪ He stepped out and breathed in the cold morning air.
the night/evening/morning sky
▪ The moon is the brightest object visible in the night sky.
Thursday morning/afternoon etc
▪ There’s a meeting on Thursday night.
tomorrow morning/night etc
▪ We’re meeting tomorrow evening.
Tuesday morning/afternoon etc
▪ He first heard the news on Tuesday evening.
Wednesday morning/afternoon etc
▪ I saw Vicky on Wednesday evening.
yesterday morning/afternoon/evening
▪ Anna left yesterday afternoon.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
early
▪ Fish come up from the deep sea in the early morning and the early evening.
▪ By early morning, per and timeless levels are once again very low, and the circadian cycle begins a new day.
▪ The house was buzzing from early in the morning.
▪ Quite early in the morning we set off.
▪ They eat plants during the early morning and late evening. 3.
▪ We met in the early morning.
▪ She spent time with her family Sunday, but her condition worsened early yesterday morning.
following
▪ I sleep easily, rising before ten the following morning, to post my letter.
▪ They have also worked through the night when needed to - quite literally - put up new flyovers by the following morning.
▪ It took us over an hour the following morning to get through this pass, a notorious place for ambushes.
▪ Early on the following Thursday morning, she grabbed the pale pink copy of the Financial Times from her breakfast tray.
▪ She woke the following morning and took more tablets.
▪ As he grabbed, his hand stuck to the statue and he remained imprisoned there until found the following morning.
▪ Most of them turn up chastened the following morning.
▪ The following morning Mark discovered that the tree and a nearby wall had been demolished.
good
▪ I've borne your unwelcome intrusion for long enough. Good morning.
▪ Her own grin is giving way, sagging at the edges. Good morning, Miss Rat-shed!
▪ She said good morning to Alice and Alice said hallo.
▪ He was in a good humour this morning, in his element here.
▪ He would be better in the morning.
▪ Cyril said, pointing, not even trying out a hello or good morning, but, then, why should he?
late
▪ In the late morning he left the house to walk down Church Row to the garage where he kept his car.
▪ By late morning the sky had cleared a little.
▪ The only clue had come in the late morning.
▪ The hospital had just finished a fairly full surgical schedule in late morning when the casualties began to arrive.
▪ They stayed at Cawdor from Friday lunchtime to Saturday late morning.
▪ In late morning trading on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average fell sharply, down 115.09 at 10,380.19.
▪ A late morning direct flight takes you to Kathmandu where you will stay at the Oberoi Soaltee Hotel for 2 nights.
▪ Shares of Regency Health were unchanged at 11 1 / 2 in late morning trading.
■ NOUN
coffee
▪ These have included coffee mornings, flag days, stalls and fairs.
▪ Advice and assistance are offered, with coffee mornings and other meetings arranged.
▪ Coffee morning: A coffee morning is to be held in the village hall at 10am on March 27.
▪ The chairman thanked all committee members, with special mention of Violet Scrace's Friday coffee mornings.
▪ The coffee morning is to be a regular feature and will be held at Harewood House every second Saturday in the month.
▪ You will find details of our social events and coffee mornings in this newsletter.
▪ At one school during a parents' coffee morning the conversation drifted around to the subject to school uniform.
friday
▪ Young Richie was seriously injured while riding his bicycle to school Friday morning.
▪ Three suspects were taken into custody and police were questioning them Friday morning.
▪ On Friday morning, November 20, the team assembled.
▪ Ed Schafer Friday morning after spending Wednesday and today in the field.
▪ By Friday morning, trash is spilling out of the cans and on to the ground.
▪ By Friday morning, Chun seemed to have made up his mind to use the army.
light
▪ Golden morning light bathed the apartment as she slipped into a gentle sleep.
▪ But the problem with morning light therapy is that the sun is not always cooperative.
▪ These sentiments remained with him until the morning light came shining through the windows.
▪ The dark hairs of his arm gleamed in the early morning light.
▪ In the grey morning light, Grace looked out across the sea.
▪ As the morning light appears, the gland reduces its output, allowing the body to gradually come back to life.
▪ The sand took the glittery morning light and threw it back into his eyes like a mirror.
▪ Walter blinked in the morning light.
monday
▪ Mel returned his call on Monday morning.
▪ Khatami arrived in Shiraz Monday morning to begin a four-day inspection tour of the province.
▪ The whole thing could be academic by Monday morning.
▪ Earlier Monday morning, a letter bomb exploded in the London offices of Al-Hayat, injuring two mail clerks.
▪ She called the hospital, but they advised her to consult her doctor on Monday morning.
▪ In the first few hours Monday morning, I started to get an idea of what is possible out here.
room
▪ She followed quietly, a well-mannered guest, as they crossed the crowded length of the morning room.
▪ He then escorted us to the morning room, where we were greeted by a large log fire.
▪ They travelled by a short stairway from the morning room, up into a narrow corridor carved with horses' heads.
▪ His birthday it might be, but the Grand Duke seemed ill at ease as he received them in the morning room.
▪ Well, at the morning room end, there would be a small orchestra, on a specially built, movable dais.
▪ The morning room carpet rolled up and boxed in place.
▪ It was tea-time in the morning room.
▪ I want to be in the morning room.
saturday
▪ Rettino said after his Saturday morning performance.
▪ There was only Friday night at the horror, and we watched it far into Saturday morning.
▪ After spending Friday night in jail, he posted $ 500, 000 bond and was released Saturday morning.
▪ Working flat out, the testers completed the work by about ten-thirty on Saturday morning.
▪ Its weekly feature show, Inside Stuff, is a dunk-fest programmed into a youth-oriented time slot on Saturday morning.
▪ But on Saturday mornings in the summer I needed his help selling at the farmers' market.
▪ The soft-spoken producer of opera, theater and dance was found dead Saturday morning at his West Hollywood home.
sun
▪ We head straight into the morning sun.
▪ Which areas get direct morning sun?
▪ Steam rises off the ground, drying the fields as the morning sun tackles the night's cold dew.
▪ First there was a nearly circular rim of resplendent mountains, their white caps glistening in the morning sun.
▪ There was gentle warmth in the morning sun and flowering geraniums in a window by the harbour of the Port.
▪ The color of mourning floated in the haze of the morning sun.
▪ He strolled down Edith Grove and into the King's Road, enjoying the morning sun.
▪ It is easy to grow in morning sun or all-day filtered light.
sunday
▪ Getting up for work on Sunday morning was even worse than Saturday.
▪ Louis is a baseball town. Sunday morning, Rice was in a hotel gift shop.
▪ The jurors were to return Sunday morning for a third day of deliberations.
▪ On Sunday morning there was another session between the principals, but it got nowhere.
▪ On Sunday mornings Sniegs lets my sister and me pump the organ.
▪ I am too conflicted about Elvis to enjoy a Sunday morning program about him.
▪ And then, when the night had gone and Sunday morning arrived, July 5, there was news indeed.
thursday
▪ Last Thursday morning the farmers and road hauliers in Grangemouth knew the game was effectively up.
▪ All three dialed up without encountering any busy signals when tested Thursday morning.
▪ At least, it was until Thursday morning.
▪ Wednesday, the pact hit a snag Thursday morning over several smaller issues.
▪ The weather on Thursday morning was grim.
▪ The suspects were arrested after questioning Thursday morning, the chief said, but have been released pending court appearances.
▪ She was to stay overnight in the hospital and was expected to be released Thursday morning, hospital spokesman Brice Peyre said.
tomorrow
▪ He's got to come up with fifty by tomorrow morning.
▪ The Labor Department will release delayed December employment data tomorrow morning.
▪ Joseph, if tomorrow morning people kick the snow into the streets, what can I do, Joseph?
▪ Now, keep your so-called art off my elevator until tomorrow morning before we open.
▪ In all probability, the Commonwealth will rest tomorrow morning.
▪ Weather permitting, the games will start tomorrow morning.
▪ We can talk about the tape tomorrow morning on the bus.
tuesday
▪ The following Tuesday morning the embryos are recovered from the temporary recipients.
▪ Brown swore in his new fire chief, Bob Demmons, during a ceremony Tuesday morning.
▪ Two other attacks occurred Tuesday morning, one at 5 a. m., the other half an hour later.
▪ Tears and wailing marked a morning assembly at McClymonds Tuesday morning.
▪ On Tuesday morning the sun came out, briefly.
▪ Hamilton said that, depending on how the students fared emotionally Tuesday morning, he might cancel classes in the afternoon.
▪ Gale Zylstra, 44, was arrested Tuesday morning by Phoenix police on suspicion of first-degree murder.
wednesday
▪ Hours later, three short bursts of automatic gunfire sent police scurrying for cover Wednesday morning.
▪ Wall Street, last Wednesday morning, thought not.
▪ Within 12 hours, the prospect of agreement brightened, and early Wednesday morning the deal was done.
▪ The spokesman said no one called the Kings on Wednesday morning to sever ties with the team.
▪ By Wednesday morning, however, director Henry Dean was ready to put a plan into action.
▪ Barnett departed Chicago Wednesday morning for a recruiting trip to North Carolina.
yesterday
▪ Shocked keepers found the two-year-old penguin's partly-eaten body in the den yesterday morning.
▪ I will close and go searching for my slippers, which have been missing since yesterday morning.
▪ At Marylebone station yesterday morning there were none of the usual organised parties of ramblers making for the Chilterns and Cotswolds.
▪ She spent time with her family Sunday, but her condition worsened early yesterday morning.
▪ I stopped by the post office yesterday morning to check the mail.
▪ A detective staked out Lombardy's home early yesterday morning, Byler said.
▪ He sat in the rear booth, strangely anxious. Yesterday morning, he had breakfast with Dooley, skipping the Grill.
▪ Therese of Lisieux arrived right on schedule at the city's main Catholic seminary yesterday morning, where hundreds awaited the arrival.
■ VERB
arrive
▪ When Hathor arrived in the morning to continue her killing, she was completely deceived and began to drink.
▪ He would arrive each morning at 5: 30 and would practice his martial-arts regimen on the South Lawn.
▪ I used to arrive early in the morning before the household had left on their rounds.
▪ He arrived early one morning unannounced, about nine weeks into the program.
▪ Travel Departures are from Dover on Sunday mornings to arrive in Prague late morning the following day.
▪ Hank would arrive each morning, dressed in his neat three-piece suit, white shirt, and solid-color tie.
▪ Moreover, the Crumps' daughter would arrive in the morning.
▪ Matty arrived the next morning to find Michael Mortara, a Salomon Brothers managing director, waiting for him.
follow
▪ The following Tuesday morning the embryos are recovered from the temporary recipients.
▪ On the following morning a whisky ration, provided by the judicious forethought of Gen.
▪ Having given Tam and Richie some very specific tasks I went off the following morning in search of a joiner.
▪ Dates: I will contact you on July 15 to confirm our plans for the following morning.
▪ The following morning we sat down at their Friendship House headquarters for our first session.
▪ On the following morning, I was awakened by the clanging of doors and the activity of inmates serving food.
▪ I had to be at Henley for 6.30 the following morning.
▪ The following morning, Hicks was interviewed by probation officer Hilary Brown.
leave
▪ She leaves her studio two mornings a week to drive in to the office in Rockland where she sees psychotherapy patients.
▪ We leave early the next morning.
▪ How bitterly I thought that night of the happiness I had left that morning!
▪ It was because their ship was leaving in the morning.
▪ Let's leave it till morning, shall we?
spend
▪ Now they have to spend their mornings planning budgets and their afternoons paying bills.
▪ The students spend several mornings a week at work sites associated with their divisions.
▪ Kevin Brown had spent the morning secluded in his office beneath the embassy.
▪ We spent our mornings snorkeling, spearfishing, and diving.
▪ He spent the morning and afternoon looking round Edinburgh.
▪ The wire was wound tight, the boys had spent all morning on the project.
▪ He spent the morning in jovial mood as guest of honour at a sponsorship of the arts award ceremony.
wake
▪ I woke the next morning, wondering if my father had come back or not.
▪ The cancer patient wakes up each morning to a nightmare.
▪ She stretched her legs under the table, feeling the same satisfaction that she felt when she woke that morning.
▪ To wake up every morning with nothing to look forward to?
▪ I remember being disappointed when I woke up next morning to find that the party was over.
▪ When I woke each morning it was to dread.
▪ She was woken early this morning by a burglar alarm.
▪ Stephen and James had left the house when Christina woke the following morning.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Monday morning quarterback
bid sb good afternoon/good morning etc
one day/morning/year etc
▪ Everything, all in one year.
▪ I've always said you'd hurt yourself one day.
▪ In the tiny northern town of Sugar Hill, the police chief picks one day a month and issues tickets.
▪ Mr Emery reopened his store one day after his arrest, and said he will sell marijuana seeds by mail order.
▪ She remembered going with her father one day, and being dreadfully bored.
▪ That includes one day, May 26, when the collar was invoked twice -- both on declines.
▪ They may be more concerned about pain, or being sent home from the hospital after one day.
▪ We prospectively followed up 50 patients with healed ulcers for one year.
the other day/morning/week etc
▪ Another feller came the other day to get some, too.
▪ C., your man Stafford called the other day.
▪ He won on his seasonal debut at Chepstow last month and wasn't at all disgraced when third at Ascot the other day.
▪ I caught Cam looking at me the other day.
▪ I had a letter from Benedicta the other day.
▪ I just saw one the other day, buying cheese.
▪ Isn't the sea calmer than the other day?
▪ Yeah, she did that the other day in the car.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a sunny morning
▪ Nancy will bring your book back Friday morning.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In the morning, she rose early and dressed in her plainest clothes, flounces and frills had no place in business.
▪ Inter-school matches are played on Saturday mornings.
▪ It had been raining all night and in the stillness of morning the clouds and mist had not yet cleared.
▪ Kramer liked to survey his face and his build in the mornings.
▪ Next morning found us deep in subterranean Rims.
▪ Next morning it was taken to the bank.
▪ The next morning the train was, for once, on time.
▪ There was a time when she scanned the fields every morning and every evening for her boys.