Dawn

/dɔːn/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.
2. (intransitive, figurative) To start to appear or become obvious.
3. (intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
4. (uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
5. (countable) The rising of the sun.
6. (uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
7. (uncountable) The earliest phase of something.

Example Sentences

A new day dawns.

In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene[…]to see the sepulchre.

I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him.

The realization dawned on him that few would pass that final exam.

Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.

when life awakes, and dawns at every line

in dawning youth

Leave the time of war behind and let a time of peace dawn!

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Word Forms

• dawns
• dawning
• dawned

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