dawns

Noun

dawn (countable and uncountable, plural dawns)

1. (uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
2. (countable) The rising of the sun.
   • Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 209

   Synonyms:

   break of dawn, break of day, daybreak, day-dawn, dayspring, sunrise

3. (uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
   • She rose before dawn to meet the train.

   Synonyms:

   break of dawn, break of day, crack of dawn, daybreak, day-dawn, dayspring, sunrise

4. (uncountable) The earliest phase of something.
   • The dawn of civilization didn't imply twilight of barbarity.

   Synonyms:

   beginning, onset, start

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