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Definition of dawn
intransitive verb
1 : to begin to grow light as the sun rises waited for the day to dawn
2 : to begin to appear or develop a new era is dawning
3 : to begin to be perceived or understood the truth finally dawned on us
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Examples of dawn in a Sentence
They waited for the day to dawn.
A new age is dawning.
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But Goldstone, who wrote the email more than a year ago, denied any knowledge of involvement by the Russian government in the matter, saying that never dawned on him.
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Then the nuclear age dawned, along with the Cold War.
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With the All-Star Game dawning in Miami on Tuesday, the little boys and girls who attend with their dads and moms, the players, the executives and everyone else will have to face similar memories of Hurricane Jose.
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There were only two ways to go when the Fifth of July dawned.
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June 22, 2007 dawned atypically warm and muggy in Elie.
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Almost halfway through 2017, enduring duration bets represent another break from Wall Street consensus forged as the new year dawned.
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Then a big idea dawned on him, no different from the ideas that spawned Uber, Airbnb, Twitter, or Facebook.
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In fact, what’s dawning appears to be some hybrid blend of physical and digital food buying.
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Origin and Etymology of dawn
Middle English, probably back-formation from dawning daybreak, alteration of dawing, from Old English dagung, from dagian —see 1daw
dawn
Definition of dawn
Examples of dawn in a Sentence
as dawn breaks over the city
Winter brings late dawns and early sunsets.
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Apparently their Christian values did not extend to concerns about smuggling rare artifacts from the dawn of Western civilization.
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The resulting blue glow — known as Cherenkov radiation — has accidentally and abruptly flashed at least 60 times since the dawn of the nuclear age, signaling an instantaneous nuclear charge and causing a total of 21 agonizing deaths.
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Every year, Muslims around the world observe the holy month of Ramadan, a month-long physical and spiritual cleanse characterized by daily fasting from dawn until dusk.
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There were false dawns: in 2008, Democrat Jim Martin knocked incumbent senator Saxby Chambliss into a general election runoff (Georgia requires majorities for both primary and general election wins)—but Chambliss won the runoff by a landslide.
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From dawn until dusk every day this month, Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, smoking, having sex, and generally gratifying physical desires.
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In southwest Louisiana, not far from where Cindy came ashore before dawn, motorists in trucks drove through knee-high water in the streets of Cameron Parish, but there was no serious flooding.
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TOKYO – Rescue crews searched into the early hours on Sunday for seven American sailors missing after a U.S. destroyer collided with a container ship in the pre-dawn hours off the coast of Japan.
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Ramadan is Muslim holy month marked by a daily dawn-to-dusk fast – this year from the evening of May 26 through the evening of June 24 – celebrating the revelation of the Quran to Muhammad.
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Origin and Etymology of dawn
see 1dawn
DAWN Defined for English Language Learners
dawn
playDefinition of dawn for English Language Learners
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: to begin to become light as the sun rises
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: to start or begin
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: to begin to be understood
dawn
Definition of dawn for English Language Learners
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: the time of day when sunlight first begins to appear
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: the beginning of something
DAWN Defined for Kids
Definition of dawn for Students
dawned
;dawning
1 : to begin to grow light as the sun rises Morning dawned bright and clear.
2 : to start becoming plain or clear It dawned on us that we were lost.
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