dawn

before 1150; Middle English dawen (v.), Old English dagian, derivative of dægday; akin to Old Norse daga,Middle Dutch, Middle Low German dagen,Old High German tagēn

OTHER WORDS FROM dawn

dawnlike, adjectiveun·dawned, adjective

Words nearby dawn

Dawes, Dawes Act of 1887, Dawes plan, dawk, Dawkins, dawn, dawn chorus, dawney, dawn horse, dawning, dawn on

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Dawn

[ dawn ]

/ dɔn /

noun

a female given name.

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How to use dawn in a sentence

When the voice assistant was released six years ago, it represented the dawn of a new kind of relationship with personal technology.
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Once worn by most women in indigenous communities across the region, these “111” tattoos had all but vanished by the dawn of the millennium like many local symbols and traditions, thanks to centuries of cultural extermination.
Reviving an Indigenous Tradition: Face Tattoos|Daniel Malloy|October 14, 2020|Ozy
“We are witnessing the dawn of a new age,” HP CEO Enrique Lores said at the company’s Reinvent conference this year.
HP’s CEO on how the pandemic is accelerating change in technology and business|McKenna Moore|October 13, 2020|Fortune
The paper shows that by fully exploring the potential of chemicals that could plausibly have existed at the dawn of life, “you can uncover things that would not have been obvious if you had this narrow view of what you think should have occurred.”
New Clues to Chemical Origins of Metabolism at Dawn of Life|John Rennie|October 12, 2020|Quanta Magazine

It took workers until shortly before dawn the next day to retrieve Taylor’s body.
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Shortly after dawn, there was another outbreak of deadly force.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Do you want to be on the wrong side of history, Academy?
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But the dream of a new dawn was short lived—at least a democratic one.
Cuba Is A Kleptocracy, Not Communist|Romina Ruiz-Goiriena|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sarah said that she loves, loves, loves the royal couple and had even gotten up before dawn to watch their 2011 wedding.
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Emily Kinney told me that Beth and Dawn understood and respected each other on a certain level.
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Things looked anxious for a bit, but by this morning's dawn all are dug in, cool, confident.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Will it ever dawn on Mrs. Dodd's mind, that parsons, even married parsons, are but men?
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
A certain light was beginning to dawn dimly within her,—the light which, showing the way, forbids it.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
From dawn to breakfast time all hands busy slinging shells—modern war sinews—piles of them—aboard.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Though frightened to death, I refused to part with my reserve and made ready to go and take command of it at break of dawn.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for dawn

dawn

/ (dɔːn) /

noun

daybreak; sunriseRelated adjective: auroral

the sky when light first appears in the morning

the beginning of something

verb (intr)

to begin to grow light after the night

to begin to develop, appear, or expand

(usually foll by on or upon) to begin to become apparent (to)

Derived forms of dawn

dawnlike, adjective

Word Origin for dawn

Old English dagian to dawn; see day

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dawn

In addition to the idiom beginning with dawn

dawn on

also see:

crack of dawn
light dawned

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