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单词 dawning
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Definition of dawning in English:

dawning

noun ˈdɔːnɪŋˈdɔnɪŋ
  • 1literary Dawn.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The dawning sun was just starting to peek over the inactive volcano that laid among the many mountains bordering the valley town.
    • Then the frame of the film widens on the dawning of a new day.
    • The fact that he has seen the dawning of the sun in the morning means that the almighty power of God is already protecting him.
    • Hiroshi often said that the dawning of a new day meant a chance to start all over again.
    • Previously a thawing-out period, a prelude to the liquid lunch and brief afternoon of work en route to early doors drinking, the dawning of the new day now signals blessed relief and the opportunity of escape from his bed.
    • The deepest part of the night now over and heading on to a new dawning, a new dawning unlike any other that they had ever experienced.
    Synonyms
    daybreak, break of day, crack of dawn, sunrise, first light, daylight, first thing in the morning, early morning, cockcrow
  • 2The beginning or first appearance of something.

    the dawnings of civilization
    Example sentencesExamples
    • That brought the curtain down on Tom's playing career but marked the dawning of a complete new involvement for him.
    • From the dawning of the Christian Church, music has been used to enhance and enrich the liturgy.
    • Dickens and Gaskell were writing about big issues set in the dawning of the industrial age.
    • The anniversary of the dawning of freedom for the subcontinent is not all about flag-waving.
    • With the dawning of the new commercial era, the realisation emerged that the internet was a media business and not a technology business.
    • The evidence proves that this last 10 years appears to be more of an investment debacle than the dawning of a new golden age brought on by low inflation and low interest rates.
    • For many youngsters innocently watching it may have meant a dawning of a new direction in life, involving a blend of aspiration, determination and self-confidence.
    • Her name, her face, her background, the current musical climate - all point to the dawning of a new diva.
    • I watched the dawning realization appear in her eyes.
    • It was the group's misfortune to come into prominence during the dawning of the video music era.
    • Are we witnessing the dawning of an age of enlightened town planning?
    • These are profound changes that mark the dawning of a new era.
    • The dawning of democracy and installation of a non-racial government did not immediately bring about a change in attitudes, and the criminals flourished.
    • His ‘landslide’ election victory (in fact a demonstrably unstable coalition) was greeted as the dawning of a new era.
    • And then, in your own creative acts, in everything you do, you have the sense of freedom that feels like blue skies open, and with it perhaps the dawning of your own idea.
    • You'd think we're living in the dawning of some new age.
    • What consequences will follow from the dawning of a new age of imperialism at the beginning of the 21st century?
    • Let us look back to the dawning of the arena project.
    • With the completion of the sequence of the human genome and the list of full sequence of infectious agents growing almost daily, medical research stands at the dawning of a new era of advance.
    • Mistaken identity, separated siblings, questions of inheritance are all themes which had been treated on stage since the dawning of theatre.
    Synonyms
    beginning, start, birth, inception, conception, origination, genesis, emergence, advent, coming, appearance, debut, arrival, rise, starting point, origin, launch, institution, inauguration, opening, initiation, onset, outset, unfolding, development, infancy
adjectiveˈdɔːnɪŋˈdɔnɪŋ
  • 1literary Beginning to grow light.

    the dawning sky
  • 2Coming into existence.

    the dawning era of Internet TV
    1. 2.1 Becoming evident to the mind.
      he smiled with dawning recognition

Origin

Middle English: alteration of earlier dawing, from Old English dagian 'to dawn', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dagen and German tagen, also to day.

Rhymes

aborning, awning, morning, mourning, spawning, warning
 
 

Definition of dawning in US English:

dawning

nounˈdɔnɪŋˈdôniNG
  • 1literary Dawn.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then the frame of the film widens on the dawning of a new day.
    • The dawning sun was just starting to peek over the inactive volcano that laid among the many mountains bordering the valley town.
    • The deepest part of the night now over and heading on to a new dawning, a new dawning unlike any other that they had ever experienced.
    • The fact that he has seen the dawning of the sun in the morning means that the almighty power of God is already protecting him.
    • Previously a thawing-out period, a prelude to the liquid lunch and brief afternoon of work en route to early doors drinking, the dawning of the new day now signals blessed relief and the opportunity of escape from his bed.
    • Hiroshi often said that the dawning of a new day meant a chance to start all over again.
    Synonyms
    daybreak, break of day, crack of dawn, sunrise, first light, daylight, first thing in the morning, early morning, cockcrow
  • 2The beginning or first appearance of something.

    the dawning of civilization
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Are we witnessing the dawning of an age of enlightened town planning?
    • With the completion of the sequence of the human genome and the list of full sequence of infectious agents growing almost daily, medical research stands at the dawning of a new era of advance.
    • His ‘landslide’ election victory (in fact a demonstrably unstable coalition) was greeted as the dawning of a new era.
    • It was the group's misfortune to come into prominence during the dawning of the video music era.
    • Mistaken identity, separated siblings, questions of inheritance are all themes which had been treated on stage since the dawning of theatre.
    • That brought the curtain down on Tom's playing career but marked the dawning of a complete new involvement for him.
    • The evidence proves that this last 10 years appears to be more of an investment debacle than the dawning of a new golden age brought on by low inflation and low interest rates.
    • I watched the dawning realization appear in her eyes.
    • What consequences will follow from the dawning of a new age of imperialism at the beginning of the 21st century?
    • Her name, her face, her background, the current musical climate - all point to the dawning of a new diva.
    • Dickens and Gaskell were writing about big issues set in the dawning of the industrial age.
    • These are profound changes that mark the dawning of a new era.
    • The anniversary of the dawning of freedom for the subcontinent is not all about flag-waving.
    • The dawning of democracy and installation of a non-racial government did not immediately bring about a change in attitudes, and the criminals flourished.
    • For many youngsters innocently watching it may have meant a dawning of a new direction in life, involving a blend of aspiration, determination and self-confidence.
    • From the dawning of the Christian Church, music has been used to enhance and enrich the liturgy.
    • You'd think we're living in the dawning of some new age.
    • With the dawning of the new commercial era, the realisation emerged that the internet was a media business and not a technology business.
    • And then, in your own creative acts, in everything you do, you have the sense of freedom that feels like blue skies open, and with it perhaps the dawning of your own idea.
    • Let us look back to the dawning of the arena project.
    Synonyms
    beginning, start, birth, inception, conception, origination, genesis, emergence, advent, coming, appearance, debut, arrival, rise, starting point, origin, launch, institution, inauguration, opening, initiation, onset, outset, unfolding, development, infancy
adjectiveˈdɔnɪŋˈdôniNG
  • 1literary Beginning to grow light.

    the dawning sky
  • 2Coming into existence.

    the dawning era of Internet TV
    1. 2.1 Becoming evident to the mind.
      he smiled with dawning recognition

Origin

Middle English: alteration of earlier dawing, from Old English dagian ‘to dawn’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dagen and German tagen, also to day.

 
 
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