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- DictionaryDawn/dôn/
noun
- 1. the first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise: "the rose-pink light of dawn"
- 2. the beginning of a phenomenon or period of time, especially one considered favorable: "the dawn of civilization"
verb
- 1. (of a day) begin: "Thursday dawned bright and sunny"
- 2. become evident to the mind; be perceived or understood: "the awful truth was beginning to dawn on him"
noun. the first appearance of daylight in the morning: Dawn broke over the valley. Synonyms: sunrise, daybreak. Antonyms: sunset. the beginning or rise of anything; advent: the dawn of civilization. verb (used without object) to begin to grow light in the morning: The day dawned with a cloudless sky. to begin to open or develop.
DAWN definition: 1. the early morning when light first appears in the sky: 2. the time when something began: 3. If…. Learn more.
1. To begin to become light in the morning. 2. To begin to appear or develop; emerge. 3. To begin to be perceived or understood: Realization of the danger soon dawned on us.
noun. the first light of day. “we got up before dawn ”. synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup. see more. see less. antonyms: sundown, sunset. the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon.
4 days ago · Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises. Nancy woke at dawn. Synonyms: daybreak, morning, sunrise, dawning More Synonyms of dawn. 2. singular noun. The dawn of a period of time or a situation is the beginning of it. [literary] ...the dawn of the radio age.
[uncountable, countable] the time of day when light first appears synonym daybreak, sunrise They start work at dawn. It's almost dawn. We arrived in New York as dawn broke (= as the first light could be seen). I woke up just before dawn. summer's early dawns He works from dawn to dusk (= from morning to night).
break of day/dawn. (literary) the moment in the early hours of the morning when it begins to get light. Definition of dawn noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
