dawn
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Back-formation from dawning. Ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *dagaz, ‘day’.
[edit] Pronunciation
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- (Aus) IPA: /doːn/
- (UK), (US) IPA: /dɔːn/
- (US) (in accents with the cot-caught merger) IPA: /dɑn/
- Rhymes: -ɔːn
[edit] Verb
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to dawn (third-person singular simple present dawns, present participle dawning, simple past and past participle dawned)
- (intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.
- Before a new day dawns.
- (intransitive) To start to appear or be realized.
- I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns.
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to begin to brighten with daylight
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to start to appear, to be realized
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[edit] Noun
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dawn (countable and uncountable; plural dawns)
- (uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
- (countable) The rising of the sun.
- (uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
- She rose before dawn to meet the train.
- (uncountable) The beginning.
- The dawn of civilisation.
[edit] Synonyms
- (rising of the sun): sunrise
- (time when the sun rises): daybreak, sunrise, sunup
- (beginning): beginning, onset, start
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morning twilight period
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rising of the sun
time
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beginning
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