dawn

¹dawn

verb \ˈdȯn, ˈdän\

Definition of DAWN

intransitive verb

1

: to begin to grow light as the sun rises

2

: to begin to appear or develop

3

: to begin to be perceived or understood <the truth finally dawned on us>

Examples of DAWN

1. They waited for the day to dawn.
2. A new age is dawning.

Origin of DAWN

Middle English, probably back-formation from dawning daybreak, alteration of dawing, from Old English dagung, from dagian

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to DAWN

Synonyms: actualize, appear, arise, break, commence, begin, engender, form, materialize, originate, set in, spring, start

Antonyms: cease, end, stop

Related Words: be, breathe, exist, live, subsist; arrive, come on, emerge; coalesce, cohere, shape (up); continue, endure, last, persist, survive

Near Antonyms: conclude, desist, discontinue, finish, halt, quit, terminate; disappear, dissolve, evaporate, vanish; depart, die, expire, pass away, perish

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Rhymes with DAWN

ban, Bonn, chon, con, conn, don, Don, drawn, faun, fawn, gone, guan, Jon, khan, maun, mon, on, pan, pawn, prawn, Shan, spawn, swan, wan, yawn, yon, yuan