Meaning of dawn | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female given name from English sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day.
2. To begin to brighten with daylight
3. The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
   uncountable
4. To start to appear or become obvious
5. The rising of the sun.
   countable
6. To begin to appear or develop:appear, arise, commence, emerge, originate.
7. To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand
8. To come as a realization:register, sink in, soak in.
9. The time when the sun rises.
   uncountable
10. The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise
11. (especially of daylight) to begin to appear. A new day has dawned. See also dawn on below. lig word, daag, aanbreek يَبْزُغ الفَجْر почвам alvorecer rozbřesknout se, svítat dämmern gry; bryde frem ξημερώνω, χαράζωamanecer koitma پدیدار شدن؛ سپیده زدن sarastaa poindre לְהַפצִיע सवेरा होना svitati, počinjati virrad mulai muncul daga; renna upp spuntare 夜が明ける 날이 새다 (iš)aušti (par gaismu) aust permulaan aanbrekendemre, gry, lyse av dag świtać سپیده چاود alvorecer a începe; a se crăpa de ziuă свет...
    especially
12. The earliest phase of something.
    uncountable
13. The rising of the sun
14. the act of beginning. the dawning of a new day / a new age. die aanbreek/ daag, daeraad, sonsopkoms بُزوغ الفَجْر започване começo svítání, rozbřesk der Anbruch begyndelse; frembrud αυγή, ξεκίνημα, έναρξηnacimiento sünd سرآغاز؛ شروع sarastus naissanceהתחלה नए दिन या युग का उदय započinjanje virradat permulaan upphaf inizio 始まり 시발 aušimas sākšanās mula het aanbreken begynnelse, gry nastanie, początek شروع começo început начало úsvit začetek osvit dagning, början การเริ่มต้น başlangıç 開端 початок...
15. to become suddenly clear to (a person). It suddenly dawned on me what he had meant. iets dring tot iemand deur/ word vir iemand duidelik بَدَأتُ أُدْرِك الآن просветва ми tornar-se claro rozbřesknout se dämmern gå op for (αρχίζω να) γίνομαι αντιληπτός ή αισθητός darse cuenta de (kellelegi) koitma, arusaamisse jõudma ناگهان متوجه واقعیت شدن؛ پی بردن kirkastua venir subitement à l'esprit לְהִתבָּהֵר अचानक स्पष्ट होना sinuti, postati jasno megvilágosodik jelas renna upp fyrir palesarsi わかり始める 분명...
16. amanecer, aurora.
17. The time each morning at which daylight first begins.
18. A first appearance; a beginning: the dawn of history. See Synonyms at beginning.
19. To begin to become light in the morning.
20. To begin to appear or develop; emerge.

Equivalents

Examples

“Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity.”

“She rose before dawn to meet the train.”

“The dawn of civilization didn't imply twilight of barbarity.”

“In the Edinburgh area, Leith and neighbouring Granton have only one terminal station where formerly there were four, and the long-established ferry from Granton to Burntisland, the history of which stretches back to the dawn of Scottish railways, is no more.”

“The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).”

“"Thomas, if it's a boy," she said, "after my uncle. But if it's a girl I'd like something fancy for a first name." "What about Dawn?" she said. "I like the sound of Dawn. Then Mary for a second name. Dawn Mary Parker, it sounds sweet."”

“Dawn, go away, I’m no good for you.”

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