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Definition of 'dawn'English
Verb
( en-verb)
To begin to brighten with daylight.
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* Bible, (w) xxviii. 1
- In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdaleneto see the sepulchre.
To start to appear or be realized.
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|passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.}}
To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
- in dawning youth
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
- when life awakes, and dawns at every line
Derived terms
* dawn on
See also
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Noun
(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
(countable) The rising of the sun.
(uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
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(uncountable) The beginning.
* {{quote-magazine|date=2013-08-03|volume=408|issue=8847|magazine=(The Economist)
|title= Yesterday’s fuel
|passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).}}
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Synonyms
* (rising of the sun) break of dawn, dayspring, sunrise
* (time when the sun rises) break of dawn, break of day, crack of dawn, daybreak, dayspring, sunrise, sunup
* (beginning) beginning, onset, start
Antonyms
* dusk
Hypernyms
* twilight
Derived terms
* crack of dawn
* dawn chorus
* it is always darkest before the dawn
Related terms
* dawning
See also
* crepuscular
Anagrams
* wand
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Similar to 'dawn'down, don, dein, den, dan, damn, din, doyen, dun, dean, duan, dyun, deein, doon, dtn, dyon, dewan, deen, dahn
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