Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The first appearance of light in the morning; daybreak; dawn.
- noun First advent or appearance; beginning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the first light of day; dawn.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Dawn . - noun The first
beginnings of something. - verb Present participle of
dawn .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the first light of day
Etymologies
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Examples
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“He sent us away,” Montyr said in dawning understanding.
The Gauntlet Thrown Chapter Thirty Six xcpublishing 2009
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When he hiked his shoulders, her face lit with an expression of dawning realization.
Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010
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But Margie and Gillam looked at the stranger with her medical bag in dawning panic.
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: CHRIS KASH-KASH Maggie Jochild 2007
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The day of the fat lady was long in dawning, but at last her freedom and her fashionableness have arrived.
Stylish Stouts 1969
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The day of the fat lady was long in dawning, but at last her freedom and her fashionableness have arrived.
Stylish Stouts 1919
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He stood gazing at it a good while – a new expression dawning in his eyes.
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As I passed in my swift circle about the great ball plunging along its planetary paths, many mighty and glorious visions of the coming and passing of light were revealed to me; but none more fair than this with that radiance of youth, whose vast, sweet nature-shadow and simulacrum the dawning is ....
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He stood gazing at it a good while, a new expression dawning in his eyes.
John Halifax, Gentleman Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 1856
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Stroszek, is this name-calling the dawning of the Obamacult's understanding of civility and not marginalizing anybody in a democracy?
Report: Obama Meets Unconditionally With George Will, Bill Kristol, David Brooks 2009
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She turned her head slightly, a curious expression dawning on her beautiful face.
The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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