dawn

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To start to appear or become obvious.
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

Noun

1. (uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
2. (countable) The rising of the sun.
3. (uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
4. (uncountable) The earliest phase of something.

Synonyms

daybreak

sunrise

🌅

morning

aurora

break

daylight

early morning

cockcrow

morn

beginning

dawning

day-break

break of day

twilight

become light

start

sun-up

first light

day break

forenoon

grow light

break of the day

rising sun

outset

sunup

dayspring

dusk

develop

brighten

be light

commencement

be dawn

appear

morning twilight

glimmer

crack of dawn

click

spend the night

end

🔚

begin

origin

sunlight

become daylight

light up

nightfall

sunup term

become clear

commence

get through

get across

Translations

aube

alba

amanecer

Morgengrauen

aurore

aurora

Morgendämmerung

Tagesanbruch

madrugada

alba

amanhecer

aurora

Dämmerung

Morgenröte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɔːn/

Etymology

From Middle English dawnen, either a back-formation from dawnynge or a modification of dawen (“to dawn”) after it. The noun is from the verb.

Sentences

The darkest hour is before the dawn .

I'll work all night , until dawn , and I'll clean every piece of crystal in your shop .