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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The time each morning at which daylight first begins.
  2. n. A first appearance; a beginning: the dawn of history. See Synonyms at beginning.
  3. v. To begin to become light in the morning.
  4. v. To begin to appear or develop; emerge.
  5. v. To begin to be perceived or understood: Realization of the danger soon dawned on us.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To become day; begin to grow light in the morning; grow light: as, the morning dawns.
  2. To begin to open or expand; begin to show intellectual light or power: as, his genius dawned.
  3. To begin to become visible in consequence of an increase of light or enlightenment, literally or figuratively; begin to open or appear: as, the truth dawns upon him.
  4. n. The first appearance of daylight in the morning.
  5. n. First opening or expansion; beginning; rise; first appearance: as, the dawn of intellect; the dawn of a new era.

Wiktionary

  1. v. intransitive To begin to brighten with daylight.
  2. v. intransitive To start to appear or be realized.
  3. n. uncountable The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
  4. n. countable The rising of the sun.
  5. n. uncountable The time when the sun rises.
  6. n. uncountable The beginning.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear
  2. v. To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
  3. n. The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.
  4. n. First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the first light of day
  2. v. appear or develop
  3. n. the earliest period
  4. n. an opening time period
  5. v. become light
  6. v. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

Etymologies

  1. Back-formation from dawning. Ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *dagaz, ‘day’. (Wiktionary)
  2. From Middle English daunen, to dawn, probably a back-formation from dauning, daybreak, alteration of dauing, from Old English dagung, from dagian, to dawn; see agh- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “XD my younger sister and i are gonna pick her up straight after school. this time we're gonna brave all obstacles, no matter what, to get to the airport hehe. thank goodness chem mock is during sch hours. speaking of which i havent studied anything.sigh. good luck to me. and i think a math was hard. at least i managed to do erm a few questions? couldnt prove the identity haha and all us sec fours are gonna get it from charissa on thurs. - _ - i'd better get prepared. (bring earmuffs) i think i told the whole world that i groped dawn (not physically!) * gropes dawn* = D oh yeah dawn!”

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  • “The only thing that seems to be a similar variant is the word dawn.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Darkest Edge of Dawn

  • “Half a foot of overnight snowfall that stops with the dawn is about perfect, guaranteeing that any tracks you cross will be fresh and the snow underfoot will be silent.”

    The Deer Tracker's Handbook

  • “We have been passing through a hard season, but the dawn is here.”

    Canada's Widening Horizon

  • “Print Fall from grace for Maldives' democratic crusader Mohamed Nasheed was elected in 2008 on a platform of democracy and change Just over three years ago, supporters of then President Mohamed Nasheed lined up along the seawall in the capital, Male, waving flags to usher in what they called the "dawn of democracy".”

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  • “In the shivery gray of mountain dawn, Stubener was routed from his blankets by old Pat.”

    Chapter II

  • “Soon dawn is opening the curtains of night and he drives off leaving me lost in the smoky night music still at play in the room.”

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  • “A Provençal vineyard in the pre-dawn is a quiet, still place.”

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  • “The fish and shellfish come into the mercado at dawn from the sea and lake.”

    Vegetables in market stalls

  • “(Soundbite of song, "You Can Dance") Mr. BRYAN FERRY (Musician): (Singing) In a discotheque at dawn is when it came to me.”

    NPR: Bryan Ferry's 'Olympia': The Work Of A Perfectionist

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synonyms (8)

Words with the same meaning

  1. beginning
  1. rise
  1. daybreak
  1. break of day
  1. sunrise
  1. sunup
  1. start
  1. onset

hypernyms (8)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. time of day
  1. hour
  1. start
  1. begin
  1. time period
  1. period of time
  1. period
  1. change

same context (19)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. twilight
  2. sunset
  3. noon
  1. sunshine
  2. sky
  3. daylight
  1. sunrise
  2. moon
  3. morning
  1. mist
  2. glow
  3. midnight
  1. morn
  2. rain
  3. haze
  1. darkness
  2. glory
  3. breeze
  1. radiance

rhymes (42)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Amon
  2. Braun
  3. Mayon
  4. Quinton
  5. Sean
  6. Shaun
  7. Shawn
  8. Swan
  1. Vaughan
  2. Vaughn
  3. adon
  4. aune
  5. balon
  6. brawn
  7. cardon
  8. caron
  1. daun
  2. drawn
  3. exon
  4. fawn
  5. flawn
  6. foregone
  7. gone
  8. laun
  1. lawn
  2. on
  3. ortegon
  4. overdrawn
  5. pawn
  6. pilon
  7. prawn
  8. predawn
  1. raun
  2. redrawn
  3. sean
  4. spawn
  5. strawn
  6. swan
  7. thereon
  8. undergone
  1. withdrawn
  2. yawn

reverse dictionary (100)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. dawn
  2. day-peep
  3. eohippus
  4. come
  5. daw
  6. dawning
  7. dayspring
  8. light
  9. set
  10. go
  11. constringe
  12. half-light
  13. heimdal
  14. dawn-red
  15. eodemotic
  16. eohistoric
  17. undawning
  18. moolid
  19. proto-historic
  20. rosy-fingered
  1. sun-dawn
  2. anticipant
  3. thinkgreen
  4. auroral
  5. aurorean
  6. Ave Maria
  7. aurorally
  8. bedside
  9. cockcrow
  10. crepuscle
  11. dawing
  12. day
  13. daybreak
  14. day-rawe
  15. eoan
  16. day-dawn
  17. Eos
  18. enlighten
  19. morn
  20. morning
  1. Aurora
  2. roseate
  3. streetlight
  4. aurora
  5. break
  6. to break upon
  7. adawn
  8. ushas
  9. alpenglow
  10. aubade
  11. running light
  12. predawn
  13. hang
  14. hit
  15. open
  16. flush
  17. overrun
  18. arise
  19. blush
  20. crack
  1. epithet
  2. engage
  3. false
  4. push
  5. march
  6. rise
  7. prime
  8. party
  9. peep
  10. streak
  11. until
  12. forenoon
  13. genus metasequoia
  14. heimdall
  15. heimdallr
  16. morning time
  17. turn
  18. araujia sericofera
  19. cruel plant
  20. enchanter's nightshade
  1. night
  2. nighttime
  3. tautology
  4. zodiacal light
  5. antelucan
  6. Eocene
  7. epoch
  8. gleam
  9. glimmer
  10. Medicean
  11. muezzin
  12. nocturn
  13. opening
  14. orient
  15. orthros
  16. Ramadan
  17. spreng
  18. spring
  19. preconcept
  20. talaria

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  • tbtabby Henry V, Act 4, Scene 1:
    "next day after dawn, / Doth rise and help Hyperion to his horse." Sep 2, 2009

  • bilby
    The soul at dawn is like darkened water
    that slowly begins to say Thank you, thank you.
    - Rumi, 'I was dead, then Alive', translation by Coleman Banks.
    Dec 13, 2008

  • oroboros See awake. Sep 14, 2008

  • mollusque OED2 gives the Shakespeare quotation from 1599 as its earliest example for the noun; the verb is recorded from 1499. "Dawning" as a noun dates to 1297 and comes from "dawing" recorded circa 900. Sep 4, 2008

  • yarb Henry V, IV, I has:

    ...Not all these, laid in bed majestical,
    Can sleep so soundly as the wretched slave,
    Who with a body fill'd and vacant mind
    Gets him to rest, cramm'd with distressful bread;
    Never sees horrid night, the child of hell,
    But, like a lackey, from the rise to set
    Sweats in the eye of Phoebus and all night
    Sleeps in Elysium; next day after dawn,
    Doth rise and help Hyperion to his horse,
    And follows so the ever-running year,
    With profitable labour, to his grave... Sep 4, 2008

  • caffeinatedcows I remember hearing once that the noun form of dawn was first used by Shakespeare in one of his plays. I can't find any information online that would directly supports this. I can only find indirect support with Online Etymology stating that the noun version was first recorded in 1599. Does anyone else know anything about this? Sep 4, 2008

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