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dawn
1[ dawn ]
noun
- the first appearance of daylight in the morning:
Dawn broke over the valley.
Antonyms: sunset
- the beginning or rise of anything; advent:
the dawn of civilization.
Dawn
2[ dawn ]
noun
- a female given name.
dawn
/ dɔːn /
noun
- daybreak; sunrise auroral
- the sky when light first appears in the morning
- the beginning of something
verb
- to begin to grow light after the night
- to begin to develop, appear, or expand
- usually foll byon or upon to begin to become apparent (to)
Derived Forms
- ˈdawnˌlike, adjective
Other Words From
- dawnlike adjective
- un·dawned adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of dawn1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with dawn , also see crack of dawn ; light dawned .Example Sentences
"Nothing lasts forever. Darkness is followed by dawn," she says.
The enormity of the tragedy soon dawned on the Bishop.
Each morning, the queues began forming before dawn.
Before dawn, bewildered residents drove near military installations around the capital, noting that no soldiers appeared to be manning the gates and that posts seemed abandoned.
Elsewhere election day has been peacefully conducted, with some Ghanaians queuing before dawn to make sure they cast their ballots.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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