I.
noun
1 early morning
ADJECTIVE
▪ grey/gray
▪ early
VERB + DAWN
▪ greet
▪
He always got up to greet the ~.
▪ see , watch
DAWN + VERB
▪ break , come , come up
▪
Dawn was breaking over the valley.
DAWN + NOUN
▪ light , sky
▪ chorus
▪
The ~ chorus (= birds singing) woke Robyn at five.
▪ patrol , raid
▪
Ammunition was seized during a ~ raid on the house.
PREPOSITION
▪ at ~
▪
That morning, she rose at ~.
▪ before ~
▪ by ~
▪ till ~ , until ~
▪ towards/toward ~
PHRASES
▪ (at) the crack of ~ (= as soon as it begins to be light) , from ~ to dusk
▪
He works from ~ to dusk, and often well into the night.
2 beginning
ADJECTIVE
▪ false
▪
This sudden success may prove to be a false ~ (= not the beginning of continued success) .
▪ new
VERB + DAWN
▪ mark , signal
▪
This appointment marked the ~ of a productive era in her scientific career.
▪ see
▪
We are seeing the ~ of a new era.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
the ~ of civilization/history
▪
Let's think back to the ~ of time.
II.
verb
1 begin
PHRASES
▪ ~ bright, clear, cold, sunny, etc.
▪
The day ~ed bright and sunny.
2 become clear
ADVERB
▪ suddenly
▪ gradually , slowly
▪
It slowly ~ed on me that he might have been mistaken.
▪ eventually , finally
VERB + DAWN
▪ begin to
▪
It was beginning to ~ on her that she had been fooled.
PREPOSITION
▪ on
▪
The dreadful truth finally ~ed on me.
Dawn is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ century , ↑ day , ↑ morning , ↑ realization , ↑ recognition