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Another word for dawn

Noun

  1. The first appearance of daylight in the morning

    2. See also:

    start

  2. The initial stage of a developmental process

    3. See also:

    start

Another word for dawn

Verb

  1. To begin to appear or develop

    2. See also:

    start

Idioms:

    upon

  1. To come as a realization

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Another word for dawn

Noun

  1. The coming of day

    2. See also:

    morning

  2. The beginning

    3. See also:

    origin

    appearance

Another word for dawn

Verb
    2. See also:

    begin

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Sentence Examples

  • It was evening in our world but dawn here.

  • The dawn brought cool air and dense fog.

  • The infantry of the detachment passed along the road and quickly disappeared amid the trees in the mist of early dawn, hundreds of feet splashing through the mud.

  • Jule slept past dawn then into midday.

  • It would be dawn soon.

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