dawn
IPA: dˈɔn
noun
- (uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
- (countable) The rising of the sun.
- (uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
- (uncountable) The earliest phase of something.
- A female given name from English sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day.
verb
- (intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.
- (intransitive, figurative) To start to appear or be realized.
- (intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
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Examples of "dawn" in Sentences
- The label dissolved before dawn.
- The day dawned bright and ominous.
- He was in the original Dawn of the Dead.
- Aurora was the Roman Goddess of the dawn.
- Come paint the dawn with dainty elephants.
- It started at the dawning of the Age of Aquarius.
- We have been passing through a hard season, but the dawn is here.
- Morning is the part of the day usually reckoned from dawn to noon.
- The only thing that seems to be a similar variant is the word dawn.
- The morning is the part of the day from either midnight or dawn to noon.
- The rear of night budding blooms in th' eastern sky There the dappled dawn.
- The Dawn Luna is a symbol for the approaching dawn in the beginning of the day.
- In the shivery gray of mountain dawn, Stubener was routed from his blankets by old Pat.
- Soon dawn is opening the curtains of night and he drives off leaving me lost in the smoky night music still at play in the room.
- Half a foot of overnight snowfall that stops with the dawn is about perfect, guaranteeing that any tracks you cross will be fresh and the snow underfoot will be silent.
- Print Fall from grace for Maldives' democratic crusader Mohamed Nasheed was elected in 2008 on a platform of democracy and change Just over three years ago, supporters of then President Mohamed Nasheed lined up along the seawall in the capital, Male, waving flags to usher in what they called the "dawn of democracy".
- XD my younger sister and i are gonna pick her up straight after school. this time we're gonna brave all obstacles, no matter what, to get to the airport hehe. thank goodness chem mock is during sch hours. speaking of which i havent studied anything.sigh. good luck to me. and i think a math was hard. at least i managed to do erm a few questions? couldnt prove the identity haha and all us sec fours are gonna get it from charissa on thurs. - _ - i'd better get prepared. (bring earmuffs) i think i told the whole world that i groped dawn (not physically!) * gropes dawn* = D oh yeah dawn!
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