dawn
1. the first light of day (Freq. 11)
- we got up before dawn
- they talked until morning
• Syn:
dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak,
break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow
• Ant:
sunset (for: sunrise)
• Derivationally related forms:
auroral (for: aurora), aurorean (for: aurora), dawn (for: dawning)
• Hypernyms:
hour, time of day
2. the earliest period (Freq. 1)
- the dawn of civilization
- the morning of the world
• Syn:
morning
• Hypernyms:
start
3. an opening time period
- it was the dawn of the Roman Empire
• Usage Domain:
trope, figure of speech, figure, image
• Hypernyms:
time period, period of time, period
1. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions (Freq. 1)
- It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
- she was penetrated with sorrow
• Syn:
click, get through, come home, get across, sink in,
penetrate, fall into place
• Cause:
understand
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. appear or develop
- The age of computers had dawned
• Hypernyms:
begin, start
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. become light
- It started to dawn, and we had to get up
• Derivationally related forms:
dawning
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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