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dawn

/doːn/noun, verb1 syllable

Dawn means: the first light of day.

Synonyms for dawn32

noun, as in the first light of day

dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow

noun, as in the earliest period

morning

verb, as in become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

click, get through, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place

also used for dawn

glimpse, break of dawn, day-dawn, crack of dawn, beginning, onset, start, ass crack of dawn, break, butt crack of dawn, daylight, lauds, solrise, sparrow-fart

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What does dawn mean?6

noun

1

the first light of day“we got up before dawn”

2

the earliest period“the dawn of civilization”

3

an opening time period“it was the dawn of the Roman Empire”

verb

1

become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions“It dawned on him that she had betrayed him”

2

appear or develop“The age of computers had dawned”

3

become light“It started to dawn, and we had to get up”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with dawn?10

one syllable

gonedrawnlawnshawnpawnyawnfawn

two syllables

withdrawnanon

three syllables

undergone
Show 40 near rhymes
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Dawn in a sentence

  • In spring, one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn.archer_root
  • By the time the party is over, dawn will be breaking.Objectivesea
  • The ship, covered in thick fog, set sail at dawn.mervert1
  • Since dawn has already broken, you should stop there, old man.AmarMecheri
  • The dawn, with its rosy fingers, caresses the crowd with flowers.carlosalberto
  • You may feast all night, but return to your grave before dawn!al_ex_an_der
  • He's a dairy farmer, and often gets up at the crack of dawn.WarsawWill
  • He's a dairy farmer, and has to get up at the crack of dawn.WarsawWill

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Forms of dawn

as a noun

plural
dawns

as a verb

past tense
dawned
present participle
dawning
third-person singular
dawns
past participle
dawned