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Dawn

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Noun

1. aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup

the first light of day

Example Sentences:
'we got up before dawn'
'they talked until morning'

2. dawn, morning

the earliest period

Example Sentences:
'the dawn of civilization'
'the morning of the world'

3. dawn

an opening time period

Example Sentences:
'it was the dawn of the Roman Empire'

Verb

4. click, come home, dawn, fall into place, get across, get through, penetrate, sink in

become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

Example Sentences:
'It dawned on him that she had betrayed him'
'she was penetrated with sorrow'

5. dawn

appear or develop

Example Sentences:
'The age of computers had dawned'

6. dawn

become light

Example Sentences:
'It started to dawn, and we had to get up'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dawn

see synonyms of dawn
noun
1. 
daybreak; sunrise
▶ Related adjective: auroral
2. 
the sky when light first appears in the morning
3. 
the beginning of something
verb (intransitive)
4. 
to begin to grow light after the night
5. 
to begin to develop, appear, or expand
6. (usually foll by on or upon)
to begin to become apparent (to)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Dawn

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noun
a feminine name
verb intransitive
1. 
to begin to be day; grow light
2. 
to begin to appear or develop; come forth
3. 
to begin to be understood or felt
usually with on or upon
the meaning suddenly dawned on me
noun
4. 
the beginning of daylight in the morning; daybreak
5. 
the beginning (of something)
the dawn of the Space Age

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Dawn

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n.
1. The time each morning at which daylight first begins.
2. A first appearance; a beginning: the dawn of history. See Synonyms at beginning.
intr.v. dawned, dawn·ing, dawns
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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