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Meaning of dawn

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

dawn

Pronunciation:/doːn//dɔːn//dɔn/

noun

Definitions

  1. The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

  2. The rising of the sun.

    Synonyms:break of dawnbreak of dayday-dawndayspringsunrise
  3. The time when the sun rises.

    Example: She rose before dawn to meet the train.

    Synonyms:break of dawnbreak of daycrack of dawnday-dawndaybreakdayspringsunrisesunup
  4. The earliest phase of something.

    Example: the dawn of civilization

    Synonyms:beginningonsetstart

verb

Definitions

  1. To begin to brighten with daylight.

    Example: A new day dawns.

  2. To start to appear or be realized.

    Example: I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him.

  3. To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.