Dawning
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdɔːnɪŋ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dawning is a noun meaning The first beginnings of something.
Meaning
The first beginnings of something.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of dawn
- (chiefly poetic) Dawn.
Example Sentences
"The bird of dawning singeth all night long."
[…] he arose to make an excursion to the top of Arthur's Seat, to breathe the breeze of the dawning, and see the sun arise out of the eastern ocean.
The City is of Night; perchance of Death, / But certainly of Night; for never there / Can come the lucid morning's fragrant breath / After the dewy dawning’s cold grey air; […]
Anone after cam the knyght with the two ſwerdes and balan his broder ⸝ and brought with hem kynge Ryons of Northwalys and there delyuerd hym to the porters and charged hem with hym ⸝ & ſoo they two retorned ageyne in the daunyng of the day ⸝[…]
Word Forms
- dawnings
Synonyms for dawning
Depending on context, synonyms include dayspring, sunrise, morning, cockcrow, sunup, aurora.
Antonyms for dawning
Common opposites include sundown, sunset.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include daybreak, cockcrow, dayspring, sunup, sunrise, morning.
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