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- [dawn]
- /dɔn/
- /dɔːn/
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- [dawn]
- /dɔn/
Definitions of dawn word
- variable noun dawn Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises. 3
- singular noun dawn The dawn of a period of time or a situation is the beginning of it. 3
- verb dawn If something is dawning, it is beginning to develop or come into existence. 3
- verb dawn When you say that a particular day dawned, you mean it arrived or began, usually when it became light. 3
- noun dawn daybreak; sunrise 3
- noun dawn the sky when light first appears in the morning 3
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Origin of dawn
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
before 1150; Middle English dawen (v.), Old English dagian, derivative of dæg day; akin to Old Norse daga, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German dagen, Old High German tagēn
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Parts of speech for Dawn
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dawn popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
dawn usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dawn
verb dawn
- loom — loon1 .
- unfold — to bring out of a folded state; spread or open out: Unfold your arms.
- begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
- rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
adjective dawn
- late — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- late-night — of or occurring late at night: a late-night TV talk show.
noun dawn
- sunrise — a city in SE Florida.
- crack of dawn — the very instant that the sun rises
- daybreak — Daybreak is the time in the morning when light first appears.
- first light — dawn.
- daylight — Daylight is the natural light that there is during the day, before it gets dark.
Antonyms for dawn
verb dawn
- disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- lessen — to become less.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
noun dawn
- dusk — the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
- darkness — the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.
- sunset — the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- conclusion — When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully and have considered all the relevant facts.
- setting — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
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