- dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow - the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
--1 is a kind of hour, time of day
Derived form: verb dawn3 - dawn, morning - the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"
--2 is a kind of start
Derived form: verb dawn2 - dawn - an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
--3 is a kind of time period, period of time, period
Derived form: verb dawn2
- click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place - become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
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- dawn - appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"
--2 is one way to begin, start
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun dawn3, noun dawn2
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- dawn - become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
--3 is one way to change
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun dawn1, noun dawning1
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