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- [dey-breyk]
- /ˈdeɪˌbreɪk/
- /ˈdeɪ.breɪk/
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- [dey-breyk]
- /ˈdeɪˌbreɪk/
Definitions of daybreak word
- uncountable noun daybreak Daybreak is the time in the morning when light first appears. 3
- noun daybreak the time in the morning when light first appears; dawn; sunrise 3
- noun daybreak the time in the morning when daylight first appears; dawn 3
- noun daybreak the first appearance of daylight in the morning; dawn. 1
- noun daybreak The time in the morning when daylight first appears; dawn. 1
- noun daybreak dawn, sunrise 1
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Origin of daybreak
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30; day + break
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Daybreak
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
daybreak popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% 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".
daybreak usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for daybreak
noun daybreak
- dawn — Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises.
- dawning — gradually beginning to become light
- morn — morning.
- aurora — an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands, curtains, or streamers of light, usually green, red, or yellow, that move across the sky in polar regions. It is caused by collisions between air molecules and charged particles from the sun that are trapped in the earth's magnetic field
- morning — the first part or period of the day, extending from dawn, or from midnight, to noon.
Antonyms for daybreak
noun daybreak
- sunset — the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- sundown — sunset, especially the time of sunset.
- darkness — the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.
- dusk — the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
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