Princeton's WordNet

1. 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"

2. dawn, morning(noun)

   the earliest period

   "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"

3. dawn(verb)

   an opening time period

   "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"

4. click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place(verb)

   become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

   "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"

5. dawn(verb)

   appear or develop

   "The age of computers had dawned"

6. dawn(verb)

   become light

   "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. dawn(noun)ɔn

   the time when the sun rises

   The boys woke up at dawn.

2. dawnɔn

   very early in the day

   We left at the crack of dawn.

Wiktionary

1. dawn(Noun)

   The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

2. dawn(Noun)

   The rising of the sun.

3. dawn(Noun)

   The time when the sun rises.

   She rose before dawn to meet the train.

4. dawn(Noun)

   The beginning.

   The dawn of civilisation.

5. dawn(Verb)

   To begin to brighten with daylight.

   Before a new day dawns.

6. dawn(Verb)

   To start to appear or be realized.

   I donu2019t want to be there when the truth dawns.

7. Dawn(ProperNoun)

   sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day.

Origin: Ultimately related to dagaz, ‘day’.

Webster Dictionary

1. Dawn(verb)

   to begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns

2. Dawn(verb)

   to began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand

3. Dawn(noun)

   the break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise

4. Dawn(noun)

   first opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise

The Roycroft Dictionary

1. dawn

   1. The beginning of a daily instalment in a serial story that will never end. 2. That mystical hour wherein Dives goes belching into dreamland and Lazarus comes out yawning carrying a dinner-pail.

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