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dawn - the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" |
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dawning,
morning,
aurora,
daybreak,
dayspring,
sunrise,
sunup,
cockcrow |
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sundown,
sunset the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
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time of day,
hour distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"
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dawn - an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" |
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period of time,
time period,
period an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
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figure of speech,
trope,
image,
figure language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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dawn - the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" |
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morning |
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start a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen"
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verb |
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dawn - become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up" |
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change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
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dawn - appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned" |
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begin,
start set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
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