noun
The coming of day
dawning, sunrise, daybreak; see morning 1.
The beginning
source, start, rise, advent; see appearance 3, origin 1, 2.
verb
start, appear, show itself; see begin 2.
See dawn in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
The first appearance of daylight in the morning:
The initial stage of a developmental process:
To begin to appear or develop:
To come as a realization:
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