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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.
Recent Examples of dawn from the Web
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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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In fact, what’s dawning appears to be some hybrid blend of physical and digital food buying.
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Thursday dawned in Washington with no clear sense of Scalise's condition.
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Flag Day dawned Wednesday with Statesville running afoul of a national company that wants to unfurl a gigantic American flag.
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She is finished, and that realization will soon dawn.
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Details may be in the dark until the light dawns later in the week.
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London (CNN)The morning dawned sunny and bright in London, the sort of day visitors and locals cherish; tourists wandered, maps in hand, and Londoners headed to cafes for a late breakfast.
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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.
Recent Examples of dawn from the Web
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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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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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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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Restaurants like Sara's offer pre-dawn breakfasts early Saturday and Sunday mornings so customers can get in a final meal before the daily fast begins.
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Three women in different departments, or states, died from heart attacks attributed to fright caused by the pre-dawn quake.
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Before dawn, there was lightning in the sky and rain falling across parts of the region from some fast-moving storms.
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Shakespeare in the Park Free plays at the Public’s Delacorte Theater in Central Park are a rite of summer in New York, with would-be attendees lining up by dawn or even camping overnight to procure free tickets.
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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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