DAWN

dawn, morning

(noun) the earliest period; “the dawn of civilization”; “the morning of the world”

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

(noun) the first light of day; “we got up before dawn”; “they talked until morning”

dawn

(noun) an opening time period; “it was the dawn of the Roman Empire”

dawn

(verb) become light; “It started to dawn, and we had to get up”

dawn

(verb) appear or develop; “The age of computers had dawned”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

dawn (third-person singular simple present dawns, present participle dawning, simple past and past participle dawned)

(intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.

(intransitive) To start to appear or be realized.

(intransitive) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

Noun

dawn (countable and uncountable, plural dawns)

(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

(countable) The rising of the sun.

Synonyms: break of dawn, break of day, day-dawn, dayspring, sunrise

(uncountable) The time when the sun rises.

Synonyms: break of dawn, break of day, crack of dawn, daybreak, day-dawn, dayspring, sunrise, sunup

(uncountable) The earliest phase of something.

Synonyms: beginning, onset, start

Antonyms

• dusk

Hypernyms

• twilight

Hyponyms

• astronomical dawn

• civil dawn

• nautical dawn

Anagrams

• Dwan, wand

Etymology

Proper noun

Dawn

A female given name from English sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day.

Anagrams

• Dwan, wand

Source: Wiktionary

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Dawn, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Dawning.] Etym: [OE. dawnen, dawen, dagen, daien, AS. dagian to become day, to dawn, fr. dæg day; akin to D. dagen, G. tagen, Icel. daga, Dan. dages, Sw. dagas. See Day.

1. To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns. In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene . . . to see the sepulcher. Matt. xxviii. 1.

2. To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. "In dawning youth." Dryden. When life awakes, and dawns at every line. Pope. Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. Heber,

Dawn, n.

1. The break of day; the first appeareance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise. And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve. Thomson. No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day. Hood.

2. First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise. "The dawn of time." Thomson. These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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