NOUN | time | dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow | the first light of day |
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event | dawn, morning | the earliest period | |
time | dawn | an opening time period | |
VERB | cognition | dawn, click, get through, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place | become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions |
stative | dawn | appear or develop | |
change | dawn | become light |
Sounds | dao'n | |
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Rhymes | Amon ... yawn: 34 rhymes with aon... |
Meaning | The first light of day. | |
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Example | "we got up before dawn" | |
Synonyms | dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow | |
Broader | hour, time of day | clock time |
Opposite | sunset, sundown | The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon |
Spanish | alba, alborada, albor, amanecer, amanecida, aurora, madrugada, orto | |
Catalan | albada, alba, albor, aurora, llostra, llostre, llustre, matinada | |
Adjectives | auroral, aurorean | characteristic of the dawn |
Verbs | dawn | become light |
Meaning | The earliest period. | |
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Example | "the dawn of civilization" | |
Synonym | morning | |
Broader | start | The beginning of anything |
Spanish | alba, albor, amanecer | |
Catalan | alba, albor, aurora | |
Verbs | dawn | appear or develop |
Meaning | An opening time period. | |
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Example | "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" | |
Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
Usage of | trope, figure of speech, figure, image | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
Spanish | madrugada | |
Verbs | dawn | appear or develop |
Meaning | Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him" | |
Synonyms | click, get through, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place | |
Cause to | understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning / meaning of |
Spanish | haga clic en, penetrar |
Meaning | Appear or develop. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "The age of computers had dawned" | |
Broader | begin, start | Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense |
Nouns | dawn | the earliest period |
dawn | an opening time period |
Meaning | Become light. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "It started to dawn, and we had to get up" | |
Broader | change | Undergo a change |
Catalan | clarejar | |
Nouns | dawn, dawning | the first light of day |
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