Dawn

Quick meaning: Dawn is a verb meaning (intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.

Meaning

(intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

A new day dawns.

in dawning youth

when life awakes, and dawns at every line

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

Word Forms

• dawns
• dawning
• dawned

Synonyms for dawn

Depending on context, synonyms include break, cockcrow, daybreak, daylight, dayspring, lauds.

Antonyms for dawn

Common opposites include dusk, sundown, sunset.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include daybreak, dayspring, cockcrow, sunup, sunrise, morning.

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