Definitions for dawn
dɔndawn

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrownoun

   the first light of day

   "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"

2. dawn, morningnoun

   the earliest period

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

3. dawnverb

   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 placeverb

   become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

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

5. dawnverb

   appear or develop

   "The age of computers had dawned"

6. dawnverb

   become light

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dawnnoun

   The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

2. dawnnoun

   The rising of the sun.

3. dawnnoun

   The time when the sun rises.

   She rose before dawn to meet the train.

4. dawnnoun

   The beginning.

   The dawn of civilisation.

5. dawnverb

   To begin to brighten with daylight.

   Before a new day dawns.

6. dawnverb

   To start to appear or be realized.

   I don't want to be there when the truth dawns.

7. Dawnnoun

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

8. Etymology: Ultimately related to dagaz, ‘day’.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dawnnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. The time between the first appearance of light and the sun’s rise, reckoned from the time that the sun comes within eighteen degrees of the horizon.

   Then on to-morrow’s dawn your care employ,
   To search the land, and where the cities lie,
   And what the men; but give this day to joy. John Dryden, Æn.

   2. Beginning; first rise.

   These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul. Alexander Pope.

   But such their guiltless passion was,
   As in the dawn of time inform’d the heart
   Of innocence, and undissembling truth. James Thomson, Summer.

2. To DAWNverb

   Etymology: supposed by the etymologists to have been originally to dayen, or advance towards day.

   1. To grow luminous; to begin to grow light.

   I have been troubled in my sleep this night;
   But dawning day new comfort hath inspir’d. William Shakespeare, Tit. Andr.

   As it began to dawn, towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene to see the sepulchre. Mat. xxviii. 1.

   All night I slept, oblivious of my pain;
   Aurora dawn’d, and Phœbus shin’d in vain. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   2. To glimmer obscurely.

   A Romanist, from the very first dawning of any notions in his understanding, hath this principle constantly inculcated, viz. that he must believe as the church. John Locke.

   3. To begin, yet faintly; to give some promises of lustre or eminence.

   While we behold such dauntless worth appear
   In dawning youth, and souls so void of fear. John Dryden, Æn.

   Thy hand strikes out some free design,
   When life awakes and dawns at every line. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dawn

   Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of the twilight before sunrise.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dawn

   Dawn refers to the time of day when the sun begins to rise and the sky starts to lighten, marking the transition from night to day. It is commonly characterized by a soft and gradual illumination, as the sunlight gradually spreads across the horizon, bringing a new day.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dawnverb

   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. Dawnverb

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

3. Dawnnoun

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

4. Dawnnoun

   first opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise

5. Etymology: [OE. dawnen, dawen, dagen, daien, AS. dagian to become day, to dawn, fr. dg day; akin to D. dagen, G. tagen, Icel. daga, Dan. dages, Sw. dagas. See Day. 71.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dawn

   Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of the twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the presence of weak sunlight, while the Sun itself is still below the horizon. Dawn should not be confused with sunrise, which is the moment when the leading edge of the Sun itself appears above the horizon. The duration of the twilight period between dawn and sunrise varies greatly depending on the observer's latitude, from a little over twenty minutes in equatorial regions, to many hours in polar regions, to several weeks at the poles.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dawn

   dawn, v.i. to become day: to begin to grow light: to begin to appear.—n. daybreak: beginning.—Also Dawn′ing. [A.S. dagian, to dawn, dæg, day.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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1. dawn

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2. DAWN

   What does DAWN stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the DAWN acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DAWN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dawn is ranked #20309 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Dawn surname appeared 1,309 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dawn.
   
   63.4% or 830 total occurrences were White.
   24.1% or 316 total occurrences were Black.
   3.5% or 47 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   3.5% or 46 total occurrences were Asian.
   3.2% or 42 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.1% or 28 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dawn' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3321

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dawn' in Nouns Frequency: #2334

Anagrams for dawn »

1. wand

How to pronounce dawn?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say dawn in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dawn in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dawn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of dawn in a Sentence

1. Aboud Gabro:

   It was hard being on a rock without water or food, waiting for dawn and a coast guard ship to come save us.

2. Omar Khayyam:

   When morning silvers the dark firmament, Why shrills the bird of dawning his lament? It is to show in dawn?s bright looking-glass How of thy careless life a night is spent.

3. Rooma Mehra:

   Expect a miracle. Have faith and hope. Because night is darkest just before dawn..and you or I do not hold the brush that colors the night and the day.

4. Pavlo Servetnyk:

   In Ukraine, the smell of bread crust at the visceral level is something unbelievable just because we were baking it since the dawn of time.

5. Sheila Muzanenhamo:

   I have been here since dawn, hoping to get assistance but the nurses said they could not help me, they told me to go to private doctors, but I have no money to pay for that.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dawn
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dawn
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dawn
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dawn
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=dawn
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dawn
9. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=dawn
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html