dawn
//dɔːn//
Noun
dawnSingular
dawnsPlural
1
The first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise; daybreak.
We woke up at dawn to watch the sunrise.
2
The beginning or early stages of something; the emergence of a new era or period.
We are witnessing the dawn of a new era in technology.
Verb
dawnInfinitive
dawnPresent tense
dawnedPast tense
dawnedPast participle
dawningPresent participle
dawnsThird-person singular
1
To begin to grow light as the sun rises.
The day was just beginning to dawn when we left the house.
2
To begin to become evident or understood; to occur to someone.
It suddenly dawned on me that I had left my keys at home.