DAWN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of dawn in English
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the dawn of something C1 literary
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dawn verb [I]
(BEGIN )
dawn verb [I]
(BECOME KNOWN )
Gradually the truth about him dawned.
(Definition of dawn from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
Examples of dawn
dawn
It dawns on me -- my ex-husband hasn't had much experience with racism.
It was the dawn of open source software.
But, as 2009 merged into 2010, the expectations for a new dawning in schooling were slipping away.
And as we hiked out just before dawn , the birds were already singing, and the city was quiet and lovely.
Some people spent terrifying hours at the scene, not knowing if they would live to see the dawn .
These natural whole foods have sustained us since the dawn of time.
Yet, interpreting statistical data, especially for fields like business, is not much easier than it was since the dawn of literacy itself.
At dawn , servants found him cutting himself with a razor.
He rises each dawn to search for work and toils until late at night, but there is never enough food.
We rose at dawn to watch the fishermen return with their early-morning catches.
Those have been the basic truths about cooking meats since, well, not the dawn of time, but the dawn of gastronomy.
He's seen the darkness and it was black and now it's the dawn of a day that may not play out as a metaphor.
He's woken his wife with the alarm clock to be ready for dawn light at 4:30 in the morning.
She's interested in the fluid nature of gender identity and dawning sexuality, and why not?
In those first 20 years before the light dawned, are there, looking back on it, any ads that, well, you'd regret, in retrospect?
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Translations of dawn
in Chinese (Traditional)
拂曉，破曉，黎明, 開始, 破曉…
in Chinese (Simplified)
拂晓，破晓，黎明, 开始, 破晓…
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amanecer, amanecer [masculine]…
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amanhecer, amanhecer [masculine]…
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पहाट - आकाशात सूर्याची प्रभा येऊ लागल्यावर दिवसाचा…
şafak vakti, seher vakti, bir günün ya da zaman diliminin başlaması…
aube [feminine], aurore [feminine], se lever…
சூரியனில் இருந்து ஒளி வானில் தோன்றத் தொடங்கும் பகலில் உள்ள காலம்…
dämmern, die Dämmerung, der Anbruch…
daggry [neuter], demre, gry…
روشنی کی پہلی کرن, تڑکا, پو پھٹنے کا وقت…
світати, розвиднятися, світанок…
рассвет, наступать, начинаться…
ভোর, দিনের সেই সময় যখন সূর্য ওঠে…
rozbřesknout se, svítat, úsvit…
mulai muncul, fajar, awal…
เริ่มขึ้น, รุ่งอรุณ, การเริ่มขึ้น…
bình minh, rạng đông, buổi sơ khai…
alba, spuntare, principio…
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