dawn
The definition of dawn is to begin to be understood, daylight or to appear.
(verb)- An example of dawn is finally getting what someone is talking about.
- An example of dawn is the sun appearing on the horizon.
Dawn is defined as the first light of a new day or the beginning of something.
(noun)- An example of dawn is around 6am in September in California.
- An example of dawn is the beginning of the Computer Age.
See dawn in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb
- to begin to be day; grow light
- to begin to appear or develop; come forth
- to begin to be understood or felt: usually with on or upon: the meaning suddenly dawned on me
Origin: ME daunen, back-form. < dauninge, earlier dauinge, daybreak, prob. altered (infl. by ON dagan, dawn) < OE dagung < dagian, to become day < dæg, day
noun
- the beginning of daylight in the morning; daybreak
- the beginning (of something): the dawn of the Space Age
noun
Origin: see dawn
See dawn in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The time each morning at which daylight first begins.
- A first appearance; a beginning: the dawn of history. See Synonyms at beginning.
- To begin to become light in the morning.
- To begin to appear or develop; emerge.
- To begin to be perceived or understood: Realization of the danger soon dawned on us.
Origin:
Origin: From Middle English daunen, to dawn
Origin: , probably a back-formation from dauning, daybreak
Origin: , alteration of dauing
Origin: , from Old English dagung
Origin: , from dagian, to dawn; see agh- in Indo-European roots
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