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dayspring

day·spring
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dey-spring]
    • /ˈdeɪˌsprɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dey-spring]
    • /ˈdeɪˌsprɪŋ/

Definitions of dayspring word

  • noun dayspring the dawn 3
  • noun dayspring dawn; daybreak. 1
  • noun dayspring (archaic) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; daybreak. 0

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Origin of dayspring

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at day, spring

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Parts of speech for Dayspring

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

dayspring popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for dayspring

noun dayspring

  • 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 dayspring

noun dayspring

  • 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.

Top questions with dayspring

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