Dawn

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English

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Noun

dawn (plural dawns)

  1. The rising of the sun.
  2. (uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
    She rose before dawn to meet the train.
  3. (uncountable) The beginning.
    The dawn of civilisation.
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Etymology

From the verb.

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Translations

rising of the sun

time

beginning

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Intransitive verb

to dawn (third-person singular simple present dawns, present participle dawning, simple past dawned, past participle dawned)

  1. To begin.
    Before a new day dawns.
  2. To occur to somebody; to be realized.
    I don't want to be there when the truth begins to dawn.
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Etymology

A back-formation from dawning.

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Translations

begin

occur

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See also

ko:dawn it:dawn hu:dawn fi:dawn ta:dawn zh:dawn


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