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dawn

Listen/doːn/
Listen/dɔːn/
Listen/dɔn/

noun

The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
    The rising of the sun.
    • break of dawn
    • break of day
    • day-dawn
    • dayspring
    • sunrise
    The time when the sun rises.
    She rose before dawn to meet the train.
    • break of dawn
    • break of day
    • crack of dawn
    • day-dawn
    • daybreak
    • dayspring
    • sunrise
    • sunup
    The earliest phase of something.
    the dawn of civilization
    • beginning
    • onset
    • start

    verb

    To begin to brighten with daylight.
    A new day dawns.
      To start to appear or be realized.
      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.