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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dawn /dɔn/USA pronunciation n. - the first appearance of daylight in the morning;
daybreak;
sunrise: [uncountable]We got up at dawn.[countable]What a beautiful dawn! - [count;
usually singular] the beginning or rise of anything;
advent:the dawn of civilization.
v. [no object] - to begin to grow light in the morning:The day dawned without a cloud.
- to begin to open or develop:A new era of peace is dawning.
- to begin to be known, realized, seen, or understood: [ ~ + on/upon + obj]:The idea suddenly dawned upon her.[ It + ~ + on/upon + obj]:It suddenly dawned on me that I was late.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dawn (dôn),USA pronunciation n. - the first appearance of daylight in the morning:Dawn broke over the valley.
- the beginning or rise of anything;
advent:the dawn of civilization.
v.i. - to begin to grow light in the morning:The day dawned with a cloudless sky.
- to begin to open or develop.
- to begin to be perceived (usually fol. by on):The idea dawned on him.
- bef. 1150; Middle English dawen (verb, verbal), Old English dagian, derivative of dæg day; akin to Old Norse daga, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German dagen, Old High German tagēn
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged daybreak, sunrise.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged appear, occur, break.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sunset.
Dawn (dôn),USA pronunciation n. - a female given name.
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