dawn

D0043500 (dôn)n.1. The time each morning at which daylight first begins.2. A first appearance; a beginning: the dawn of history. See Synonyms at beginning.intr.v. dawned, dawn·ing, dawns 1. To begin to become light in the morning.2. To begin to appear or develop; emerge.3. To begin to be perceived or understood: Realization of the danger soon dawned on us.

[From Middle English daunen, to dawn, probably a back-formation from dauning, daybreak, alteration of dauing, from Old English dagung, from dagian, to dawn; see agh- in Indo-European roots.]

dawn

(dɔːn) n1. daybreak; sunrise. 2. the sky when light first appears in the morning3. the beginning of somethingvb (intr) 4. to begin to grow light after the night5. to begin to develop, appear, or expand6. (usually foll by: on or upon) to begin to become apparent (to)[Old English dagian to dawn; see day] ˈdawnˌlike adj

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n. 1. the first appearance of daylight in the morning; daybreak; sunrise. 2. the beginning or rise of anything; advent: the dawn of civilization. v.i. 3. to begin to grow light in the morning: The day dawned cloudless. 4. to begin to open or develop. 5. to begin to be perceived (usu. fol. by on): The idea suddenly dawned on her. [before 1150; Old English dagian, derivative of dæg day]

dawn

Past participle: dawned
Gerund: dawning

Imperative
dawn
dawn

Present
I dawn
you dawn
he/she/it dawns
we dawn
you dawn
they dawn

Preterite
I dawned
you dawned
he/she/it dawned
we dawned
you dawned
they dawned

Present Continuous
I am dawning
you are dawning
he/she/it is dawning
we are dawning
you are dawning
they are dawning

Present Perfect
I have dawned
you have dawned
he/she/it has dawned
we have dawned
you have dawned
they have dawned

Past Continuous
I was dawning
you were dawning
he/she/it was dawning
we were dawning
you were dawning
they were dawning

Past Perfect
I had dawned
you had dawned
he/she/it had dawned
we had dawned
you had dawned
they had dawned

Future
I will dawn
you will dawn
he/she/it will dawn
we will dawn
you will dawn
they will dawn

Future Perfect
I will have dawned
you will have dawned
he/she/it will have dawned
we will have dawned
you will have dawned
they will have dawned

Future Continuous
I will be dawning
you will be dawning
he/she/it will be dawning
we will be dawning
you will be dawning
they will be dawning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dawning
you have been dawning
he/she/it has been dawning
we have been dawning
you have been dawning
they have been dawning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dawning
you will have been dawning
he/she/it will have been dawning
we will have been dawning
you will have been dawning
they will have been dawning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dawning
you had been dawning
he/she/it had been dawning
we had been dawning
you had been dawning
they had been dawning

Conditional
I would dawn
you would dawn
he/she/it would dawn
we would dawn
you would dawn
they would dawn

Past Conditional
I would have dawned
you would have dawned
he/she/it would have dawned
we would have dawned
you would have dawned
they would have dawned

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dawn - the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, sunrise, sunup, morningtime of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late"
	2.	dawn - the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"morningstart - the beginning of anything; "it was off to a good start"
	3.	dawn - an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"figure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral senseperiod, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
Verb	1.	dawn - become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"come home, fall into place, sink in, get across, penetrate, get through, click
	2.	dawn - appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"begin, start - have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"
	3.	dawn - become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

dawn

noun1. daybreak, morning, sunrise, dawning, daylight, aurora (poetic), crack of dawn, sunup, cockcrow, dayspring (poetic) She woke at dawn.2. (Literary) beginning, start, birth, rise, origin, dawning, unfolding, emergence, outset, onset, advent, genesis, inception the dawn of the radio ageverb1. begin, start, open, rise, develop, emerge, unfold, originate A new era seemed about to dawn.2. grow light, break, brighten, lighten The next day dawned.dawn on or upon someone hit, strike, occur to, register (informal), become apparent, come to mind, cross your mind, come into your head, flash across your mind Then the chilling truth dawned on me.Related words
adjective auroral
fear eosophobiaQuotations
"rosy-fingered dawn" [Homer Iliad]
"For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?" [Thornton Wilder The Bridge of San Luis Rey]

dawn

noun1. The first appearance of daylight in the morning:aurora, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup.2. The initial stage of a developmental process:beginning, birth, commencement, genesis, inception, nascence, nascency, onset, opening, origin, outset, spring, start.verbTo begin to appear or develop:appear, arise, commence, emerge, originate.phrasal verb
dawn on or upon
To come as a realization:register, sink in, soak in.

Translations

黎明开端

dawn

(doːn) verb (especially of daylight) to begin to appear. A new day has dawned. See also dawn on below.黎明 noun1. the very beginning of a day; very early morning. We must get up at dawn.黎明2. the very beginning of something. the dawn of civilization.开端ˈdawning noun the act of beginning. the dawning of a new day / a new age.开端dawn on to become suddenly clear to (a person). It suddenly dawned on me what he had meant.明白真相

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dawn of a new day

A new or fresh beginning, or a turning point that achieves as much. With their first democratically elected leader in office, many in the nation felt that it was the dawn of a new day.See also: dawn, new, of

handbags at dawn

A confrontation or disagreement that is highly aggressive, emotionally expressive, and/or highly dramatic, but which does not end or result in violence. Used originally and primarily in reference to football (soccer) players, who would be sent off if they engaged in violent actions, the phrase is a play on the clichéd "pistols at dawn," indicating a forthcoming pistol duel. Primarily heard in UK. It was handbags at dawn between the two players, who had been verbally taunting one another throughout the match.See also: dawn, handbag

false dawn

A situation that looks like it is beginning to improve when, in reality, it is not. Barb thought her marriage was beginning to improve when her husband came home in a good mood, but it proved to be a false dawn when he handed her divorce papers. Everyone was happy when they heard that they were all getting a raise, but it turned out to be a false dawn when management cut all of their hours.See also: dawn, false

at the crack of dawn

Very early in the morning, when the sun rises (dawn). It's a long drive, so we'll have to leave at the crack of dawn if we want to get there on time.See also: crack, dawn, of

dawn (up)on (one)

To occur to one. Once I pulled up to the bank, it dawned on me that I had forgotten my wallet. Did it just dawn on you that throwing the ball in the house might be a bad idea, or did you have that realization before breaking mom's vase?See also: dawn

light dawns (on one)

Something suddenly becomes clear, certain, or fully understandable to one. The light dawned when I remembered that my grandfather had been stationed in Japan many years ago. It wasn't until I was able to say it out loud that the light dawned on me about what really happened.See also: dawn, light

the darkest hour is just before the dawn

The worst part of an experience or period usually happens just before things get better. When I was lost in depression, friends tried to remind me that the darkest hour is just before the dawnSee also: before, dark, dawn, hour, just

the crack of dawn

The moment at which the sun first rises. It's a long drive, so we'll have to leave at the crack of dawn if we want to get there on time. I've been up since the crack of dawn repairing the fences that blew down in the storm.See also: crack, dawn, of

from dawn to dusk

From sunrise to sunset. When the power was out, we had to do as much as we could from dawn to dusk.See also: dawn

it's always darkest just before the dawn

The worst part of an experience or period usually happens just before things get better. When I was lost in depression, friends tried to remind me that it's always darkest just before the dawn.See also: always, before, dark, dawn, just

at the crack of dawn

and at the break of dawnFig. at the earliest light of the day. Jane was always awake at the crack of dawn. The birds start singing at the break of dawn.See also: crack, dawn, of

darkest hour is just before the dawn

and It's always darkest just before the dawn.Prov. When things are extremely bad, it may signal that they are about to get much better. Jill: I feel like giving up. I don't have a job, my boyfriend left me, and they're raising the rent for my apartment. Jane: It's always darkest just before the dawn.See also: before, dark, dawn, hour, just

dawn (up)on someone

Fig. [for a fact] to become apparent to someone; [for something] to be suddenly realized by someone. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) Then it dawned upon me that I was actually going to have the job. On the way home, it dawned on me that I had never returned your call, so when I got home I called immediately.See also: dawn, on

from dawn to dusk

Fig. during the period of the day when there is light; from the rising of the sun to the setting of the sun. I have to work from dawn to dusk on the farm. The factory runs from dawn to dusk to produce hats and gloves.See also: dawn

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

See The darkest hour is just before the dawn.See also: always, before, dark, dawn, just

crack of dawn

Very early morning, daybreak. For example, I got up at the crack of dawn. The crack in this term alludes either to the suddenness of sunrise or to the small wedge of light appearing as the sun rises over the horizon. Originally the term was usually put as crack of day. [Late 1800s] See also: crack, dawn, of

dawn on

Also, dawn upon. Become evident or understood, as in It finally dawned on him that he was expected to call them, or Around noon it dawned upon me that I had never eaten breakfast. This expression transfers the beginning of daylight to the beginning of a thought process. Harriet Beecher Stowe had it in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852): "The idea that they had either feelings or rights had never dawned upon her." [Mid-1800s] See also: dawn, on

light dawned, the

Understanding came at last, as in They couldn't figure out where they went wrong, but then the light dawned-they'd turned right instead of left . This expression transfers the beginning of dawn to human perception. [c. 1800] See also: light

at the crack of dawn

If you do something at the crack of dawn, you do it very early in the morning. I'm not used to getting up at the crack of dawn. We set off at the crack of dawn.See also: crack, dawn, of

a false dawn

mainly BRITISH, JOURNALISMCOMMON If an event is a false dawn, it seems to show that something is improving or something successful is happening, but in fact it is not. The new age of enterprise which the Government hoped would revitalise Britain in the Eighties turned out to be a false dawn. Everything they have said is sensible but we have had a lot of false dawns with this company before.See also: dawn, false

light dawns

If light dawns, you suddenly realize or understand something. I didn't realize they were a couple till I saw them together last night and the light suddenly dawned. Note: You can also say that light dawns on someone. `Oh!' she said, as if the light had finally dawned on her. `I'm on the wrong floor, huh?'See also: dawn, light

the crack of dawn

very early in the morning. Crack here means the instant of time occupied by the crack of a whip.See also: crack, dawn, of

a false dawn

a misleadingly hopeful sign. A false dawn is literally a transient light in the sky which precedes the rising of the sun by about an hour, commonly seen in Eastern countries. 1992 Frank McLynn Hearts of Darkness After five weeks Clapperton seemed to recover; it proved merely a false dawn for two days later Clapperton died. See also: dawn, false

the crack of ˈdawn

(informal) very early in the morning: We’ll have to get up at the crack of dawn to be there by 9 a.m.See also: crack, dawn, of

(the) light ˈdawned (on somebody)

somebody suddenly understood or began to understand something: I puzzled over the problem for ages before the light suddenly dawned on me.See also: dawn, light

dawn on

or dawn uponv. To begin to be perceived or understood by someone; become apparent to someone: It dawned on me that I had forgotten to pick up some milk. A possible motive for the crime dawned upon the detective.See also: dawn, on

crack of dawn, (at) the

Early in the morning. The origin of this expression is uncertain. One writer suggests that “crack” is derived from the ancient meaning of a sudden loud noise (since the word comes from Old English cracian, “to resound”), because the sun comes up suddenly. Rudyard Kipling used similar imagery in his poem “Mandalay,” where “the dawn comes up like thunder outer China ’crost the Bay.” On the other hand, “crack” may refer to a small space or opening—that is, the wedge of light that appears as the sun rises over the horizon. Whichever, the phrase originated in America in the late nineteenth century. It may already have been a cliché when W. Somerset Maugham wrote (Catalina, 1948), “He had slipped away at the crack of dawn.”See also: crack, of

dawn on (someone), to

To perceive or understand for the first time. See light dawned. See also: dawn, on

light dawned, the

At last one understands; one finally grasps the meaning or an idea, or the like. Strictly speaking this expression is tautological, since the noun dawn means the reappearance of light and the verb to dawn means to become light. However, when it is transferred to human perception, as it has been since about 1800, it makes sense as the beginning (dawn) of understanding (light). The British locution does not raise this problem, since it is came the dawn.See also: light

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dawn (up)on (one)

light dawns (on one)

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from dawn to dusk

it's always darkest just before the dawn

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darkest hour is just before the dawn

dawn (up)on someone

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It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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noun daybreak

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noun beginning

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verb begin

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verb grow light

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phrase dawn on or upon someone

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noun the first appearance of daylight in the morning

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noun the initial stage of a developmental process

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verb to begin to appear or develop

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phrase dawn on: to come as a realization

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noun the first light of day

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noun the earliest period

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noun an opening time period

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