Dawn Definition

dôn
dawned, dawning, dawns
noun
dawns
The beginning of daylight in the morning; daybreak.
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The beginning (of something)
The dawn of the Space Age.
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A feminine name.
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(countable) The rising of the sun.

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verb
dawned, dawning, dawns
To begin to be day; grow light.
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To begin to appear or develop; come forth.
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To begin to be understood or felt.
The meaning suddenly dawned on me.
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(intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.

A new day dawns.
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pronoun
A female given name sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day.
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Other Word Forms of Dawn

Noun

Singular:
dawn
Plural:
dawns

Origin of Dawn

  • From Middle English daunen to dawn probably a back-formation from dauning daybreak alteration of dauing from Old English dagung from dagian to dawn agh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Back-formation from dawning. Ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *dagaz, ‘day’.

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