HyperDic: dawn

English > 6 senses of the word dawn:
NOUNtimedawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrowthe first light of day
eventdawn, morningthe earliest period
timedawnan opening time period
VERBcognitiondawn, click, get through, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into placebecome clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
stativedawnappear or develop
changedawnbecome light
dawn > pronunciation
Soundsdao'n
RhymesAmon ... yawn: 34 rhymes with aon...
English > dawn: 6 senses > noun 1, time
MeaningThe first light of day.
Example"we got up before dawn"
Synonymsdawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow
Broaderhour, time of dayclock time
Oppositesunset, sundownThe time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
Spanishalba, alborada, albor, amanecer, amanecida, aurora, madrugada, orto
Catalanalbada, alba, albor, aurora, llostra, llostre, llustre, matinada
Adjectivesauroral, auroreancharacteristic of the dawn
Verbsdawnbecome light
English > dawn: 6 senses > noun 2, event
MeaningThe earliest period.
Example"the dawn of civilization"
Synonymmorning
BroaderstartThe beginning of anything
Spanishalba, albor, amanecer
Catalanalba, albor, aurora
Verbsdawnappear or develop
English > dawn: 6 senses > noun 3, time
MeaningAn opening time period.
Example"it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
Broadertime period, period of time, periodAn amount of time
Usage oftrope, figure of speech, figure, imagelanguage used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Spanishmadrugada
Verbsdawnappear or develop
English > dawn: 6 senses > verb 1, cognition
MeaningBecome clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions.
PatternSomething ----s
Example"It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"
Synonymsclick, get through, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place
Cause tounderstandknow and comprehend the nature or meaning / meaning of
Spanishhaga clic en, penetrar
English > dawn: 6 senses > verb 2, stative
MeaningAppear or develop.
PatternSomething ----s
Example"The age of computers had dawned"
Broaderbegin, startHave a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
Nounsdawnthe earliest period
dawnan opening time period
English > dawn: 6 senses > verb 3, change
MeaningBecome light.
PatternSomething ----s
Example"It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
BroaderchangeUndergo a change
Catalanclarejar
Nounsdawn, dawningthe first light of day

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