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noun

Definition of dawnsnext
plural of dawn
1
as in sunrises
the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance we stayed up talking until dawn

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as in starts
the point at which something begins the dawn of civilization

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dawns

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verb

present tense third-person singular of dawn
as in begins
to come into existence a smile dawned on his face as he got the joke

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