Dawn

noun

/doːn/

Word Frequency: 12.8

Definitions

1.nounThe morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

2.nounThe rising of the sun.

3.nounThe time when the sun rises.

"She rose before dawn to meet the train."

4.nounThe earliest phase of something.

"the dawn of civilization"

5.verbTo begin to brighten with daylight.

"A new day dawns."

6.verbTo start to appear or be realized.

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

7.verbTo begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

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