to dawn

Definition of to dawn in English English dictionary: daw; A female given name sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day
Dawn, go away, I’m no good for you.; To start to appear or be realized
I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns.; The beginning
The dawn of civilisation.; The time when the sun rises
She rose before dawn to meet the train.; The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise; To begin to brighten with daylight
Before a new day dawns.; {n} the first rise, beginning, break of day; {v} to grow light, glimmer, open, appear; A female given name, sometimes given to someone born at that time of day; When you say that a particular day dawned, you mean it arrived or began, usually when it became light. When the great day dawned, the first concern was the weather; at the crack of dawn: see crack; the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"; The rising of the sun; The dawn of a period of time or a situation is the beginning of it. the dawn of the radio age; 1 the awakening of new forces 2 a healing 3 a fresh perceptive or new approach 4 a break through in understanding; To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns; If something is dawning, it is beginning to develop or come into existence. Throughout Europe a new railway age, that of the high-speed train, has dawned + dawning dawn·ing the dawning of the space age; First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise; appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"; the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up" appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned; become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"; an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"; Drug Abuse Warning Network, a SAMHSA-funded program which monitors drug abuse among persons admitted at hospital emergency rooms; Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises. Nancy woke at dawn; become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"; {f} become light; begin, start; become clear; start to understand; To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand; The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise; {i} sunrise; appearance; The first appearance of light in the eastern sky before sunrise It marks the beginning of morning twilight The visual display is created by the scattering of light reaching the upper atmosphere prior to the sun's rise to the observer's horizon; appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned; a segment of time of each day when some people (who suffer from sleeping disorder) are most likely to hit the most ingenious ideas; the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"; daybreak; dawning