dawn

dawn · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise.

  2. 2.

    The beginning or first appearance of something.

  3. 3.

    (of a day) To begin; to grow light.

  4. 4.

    To begin to become evident or understood.

Forms

plural: dawns

Related words

Antonyms: dusk, nightfall, sunset
See also: dusk, morning, sunrise
Synonyms: daybreak, daylight, first light, sunrise

Etymology

From Middle English dawning, from Old English dagung "dawning," from dagian "to become day," from daeg "day." The noun was back-formed from the verb in the 15th century.