1. (noun) dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow
the first light of day
"we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
2. (noun) dawn, morning
the earliest period
"the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"
3. (verb) dawn
an opening time period
"it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
4. (verb) click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
"It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
5. (verb) dawn
appear or develop
"The age of computers had dawned"
6. (verb) dawn
become light
"It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
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Definition of 'DAWN' 
