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  1. noun The beginning of day; dawn.

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  • We all hoped that by morning at any rate the wind would have abated; but at daybreak, as we looked anxiously out over the tempestuous sea, it was blowing as hard as ever; and by ten o'clock the storm had increased to a terrific gale. —  Adventures of Louis de Rougemont
  • I went forth at daybreak, and did not return till night. —  Memoirs of Robert-Houdin
  • The next morning we were up at daybreak, and we returned to the battlefield of the previous evening in the full expectation of seeing our wounded antagonist lying dead where we had left him. —  The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon
  • It was not yet daybreak, and the darkness prevented the messenger from distinguishing the commander-in-chief from the rest. —  A Life of Gen Robert E Lee
  • They wakened the boy at daybreak, the Scarecrow saying to him: —  The Tin Woodman of Oz
 

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sunrise ·  day-break ·  noon ·  midday ·  dawn ·  daylight ·  sundown ·  midnight ·  sunset ·  nightfall
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  1. Cf. Danish dagbrækning = Swedish dagbräckning.
 

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/ˈdeɪbreɪk/
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