Dawn - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |dɔːn|  American pronunciation of the word dawn
Brit.  |dɔːn|  British pronunciation of the word dawn

noun

- the first light of day (syn: aurora, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, morning, sunrise, sunup)
we got up before dawn
- the earliest period (syn: morning)
the dawn of civilization
- an opening time period
it was the dawn of the Roman Empire

verb

- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions (syn: click, get across, get through, penetrate)
It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
- appear or develop
The age of computers had dawned
- become light
It started to dawn, and we had to get up

Extra examples

They waited for the day to dawn.

A new age is dawning.

Winter brings late dawns and early sunsets.

I was up at the first streak of dawn / at the crack of dawn / at the break of dawn.

That day marked a new dawn in the country's history.

The truth finally dawned on / upon us.

The boats set off at dawn.

When dawn broke (=the first light of the day appeared), we were still 50 miles from Calcutta.

I was up at the crack of dawn (=very early in the morning) to get the plane.

We worked from dawn to dusk (=through the whole day while it is light).

The morning dawned fresh and clear after the storm.

The age of Darwin had dawned.

It began to dawn that something was wrong.

It dawned on him that she had betrayed him

The age of computers had dawned

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: dawn
he/she/it: dawns
present participle: dawning
past tense: dawned
past participle: dawned
noun
singular: dawn
plural: dawns
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