The time period between dawn and noon:
— I spent the morning running errands.

synonyms: forenoon, morn, morning time.

Roget 132: earliness etc. adj.; morning etc. 125.    punctuality; promptitude etc. (activity) 682; haste etc. (velocity) 274; suddenness etc. (instantaneity) 113.    prematurity, precocity, precipitation, anticipation; a stitch in time.    ... show more

Dutch: morgen, voormiddag
Polish: rano

A conventional expression of greeting or farewell.

synonym: good morning.

The first light of day:
— They talked until morning.

synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, sunrise, sunup ... show more.

Roget 125: morning, morn, forenoon, a.   m., prime, dawn, daybreak; dayspring^†, foreday^†, sunup; peep of day, break of day; aurora; first blush of the morning, first flush of the morning, prime of the morning; twilight, crepuscule, sunrise; cockcrow, cockcrowing^†; the small hours, the wee hours of the morning.    spring; vernal equinox, first point of Aries.    noon; midday, noonday; noontide, meridian, prime; nooning, noontime.    summer, midsummer.    ... show more

Dutch: morgenrood, hanegekraai, aanbreken van de dag, zonsopgang, aurora, dageraad, morgen, morgenkrieken, morgenlicht, morgenstond, ochtendgloren, ochtendkrieken, ochtendlicht, ochtendstond ... show more
Polish: świtanie, wschód, świt, zaranie

The earliest period:
— The morning of the world.

synonym: dawn.

Polish: wzejście