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English noun: dawn | |||
| 1. | dawn (time) the first light of day | ||
| Samples | We got up before dawn. They talked until morning. | ||
| Synonyms | aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hour, time of day | ||
| Antonyms | sundown, sunset | ||
| 2. | dawn (event) the earliest period | ||
| Samples | The dawn of civilization. The morning of the world. | ||
| Synonyms | morning | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | start | ||
| 3. | dawn (time) an opening time period | ||
| Samples | It was the dawn of the Roman Empire. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Domain usage | figure, figure of speech, image, trope | ||
English verb: dawn | |||
| 1. | dawn (cognition) become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions | ||
| Samples | It dawned on him that she had betrayed him. She was penetrated with sorrow. | ||
| Synonyms | click, come home, fall into place, get across, get through, penetrate, sink in | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Cause | understand | ||
| 2. | dawn (stative) appear or develop | ||
| Samples | The age of computers had dawned. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | begin, start | ||
| 3. | dawn (change) become light | ||
| Samples | It started to dawn, and we had to get up. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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