dawn

/doːn/

noun

Meaning

The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
The rising of the sun.
The time when the sun rises.
"She rose before dawn to meet the train."
The earliest phase of something.
"the dawn of civilization"

Synonyms

beginning,

onset,

start,

break of dawn,

break of day,

crack of dawn,

day-dawn,

daybreak,

dayspring,

sunrise,

sunup,

break of dawn,

break of day,

day-dawn,

dayspring,

sunrise

verb

Meaning

To begin to brighten with daylight.
"A new day dawns."
To start to appear or be realized.
"I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him."
To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.