DAWN


Meaning of DAWN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɔ:n ]

( dawns, dawning, dawned)

1.

Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises.

Nancy woke at dawn.

N-VAR

2.

The dawn of a period of time or a situation is the beginning of it. ( LITERARY )

...the dawn of the radio age.

N-SING : usu the N of n

3.

If something is dawning , it is beginning to develop or come into existence. ( WRITTEN )

Throughout Europe a new railway age, that of the high-speed train, has dawned...

VERB : V

• dawn‧ing

...the dawning of the space age...

N-SING : oft the

4.

When you say that a particular day dawned , you mean it arrived or began, usually when it became light. ( WRITTEN )

When the great day dawned, the first concern was the weather...

VERB : V

5.

at the crack of dawn: see crack

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