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Another word for dawn

dawn Synonyms

dawn

n.

The coming of day
dawning, sunrise, daybreak; see morning 1.
The beginning
source, start, rise, advent; see appearance 3, origin 1, 2.

dawn Synonyms

dawn

v.

start, appear, show itself; see begin 2.

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Another word for dawn

noun

The first appearance of daylight in the morning:
aurora, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup. See start
The initial stage of a developmental process:
beginning, birth, commencement, genesis, inception, nascence, nascency, onset, opening, origin, outset, spring, start. See start

verb

To begin to appear or develop:

appear, arise, commence, emerge, originate. See start

phrasal verb dawn on or upon

To come as a realization:

register, sink in, soak in. See knowledge

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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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