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dawn


Definition: Meaning of, dawn in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / dɔːn /

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dawn dawns
[uncountable and countable]
  1. the time at the beginning of the day when light first appears [↪  dusk] [=  daybreak]
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  2. the dawn of civilization/time etc the time when something began or first appeared
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  3. a false dawn something that seems positive or hopeful but really is not
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
dawn dawned dawned
Present Participle Third Person Singular
dawning dawns
[intransitive]
  1. if day or morning dawns, it begins
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  2. literary if a period of time or situation dawns, it begins
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  3. formal if a feeling or idea dawns, you have it for the first time
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dawn used in phrases

  • dawn chorus (noun)
    1. the dawn chorus the sound of many birds singing at dawn
  • dawn horse (noun)
    1. earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal
  • dawn raid (noun)
    1. an attack or operation by soldiers or police that happens very early in the morning
  • dawn redwood (noun)
    1. large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China
  • false dawn (noun)
    1. a situation in which something good seems likely to happen, but it does not
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dawn used in phrasal verbs

  • dawn on (phrasal verb)
    1. dawn on someone if something dawns on you, you realize it for the first time
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