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- [dawn]
- /dɔn/
- /dɔːn/
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- [dawn]
- /dɔn/
Definitions of dawned word
- noun dawned the first appearance of daylight in the morning: Dawn broke over the valley. 1
- noun dawned the beginning or rise of anything; advent: the dawn of civilization. 1
- verb without object dawned to begin to grow light in the morning: The day dawned with a cloudless sky. 1
- verb without object dawned to begin to open or develop. 1
- verb without object dawned to begin to be perceived (usually followed by on): The idea dawned on him. 1
- noun dawned Simple past tense and past participle of dawn. 1
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Origin of dawned
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 Dawned
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dawned 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.
According to our data about 50% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
dawned usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dawned
noun dawned
verb dawned
- began — Began is the past tense of begin.
- commenced — Simple past tense and past participle of commence.
- appeared — to come into sight; become visible: A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.
- loomed — a looming appearance, as of something seen indistinctly at a distance or through a fog: the loom of a moraine directly in their path.
- developed — If you talk about developed countries or the developed world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are wealthy and have many industries.
Antonyms for dawned
noun dawned
- dusked — tending to darkness; dark.
- finished — ended or completed.
- effected — something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
- resulted — to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
- stopped — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
verb dawned
- closed — A closed group of people does not welcome new people or ideas from outside.
- concluded — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
- disappeared — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- hid — Human Interface Device
- lessened — to become less.
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