what does "in the morning" mean?

[ryanortega8590]

is it safe for someone to assume that "in the morning" means the following morning after the present day? If I say "i will see you in the morning", or "they are shutting the water off in the morning" is it acceptable for someone to assume that i am talking about the following morning after the present day? Is it acceptable for me to use that phrase as a meaning for the following morning after the present day?

[craft1948]

I'll tell you in the morning.............

[rojash]

"s it acceptable for me to use that phrase as a meaning for the following morning after the present day?"
Yes

[Quizmonster]

Unless you have already mentioned some day OTHER than the following one, 'in the morning' always means TOMORROW morning. Of course, if you have already spoken about 'today', ' last Tuesday', 'next Wednesday' or some other given day, past or future, you mean the morning of that particular already-mentioned day.
You might, therefore, say, 'I was in London last Tuesday. I went up by train in the morning.' Alternatively, you might say, 'We're visiting Susan next Wednesday. We're planning on driving over in the morning.'

[boxtops]

If I say NOW "I'll see you in the morning" (and it's 7 am now) then I would mean tomorrow morning. If I am seeing someone later today I'd say, "see you later this morning" - but Sunday and later mornings are not yet in this conversation. "In the morning" to me definitely means "the morning after tonight".