dawn
Pronunciation:
/doːn//dɔːn//dɔn/noun
Definitions
The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
The rising of the sun.
Synonyms:break of dawnbreak of dayday-dawndayspringsunriseThe time when the sun rises.
Example: She rose before dawn to meet the train.
Synonyms:break of dawnbreak of daycrack of dawnday-dawndaybreakdayspringsunrisesunupThe earliest phase of something.
Example: the dawn of civilization
Synonyms:beginningonsetstart
verb
Definitions
To begin to brighten with daylight.
Example: A new day dawns.
To start to appear or be realized.
Example: I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him.
To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.