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new dawn

UK/njuː ˈdɔːn/US/n(j)u ˈdɔn/

new dawn noun: a new beginning; a fresh start; an important, promising turning point.

Noun

new dawn (plural new dawns)

  1. (idiomatic) A new beginning; a fresh start; an important, promising turning point.
    • I have consulted my pride, whether, after a rival's possession, I ought to ruin all my peace for a woman that another has been more blest in, though no man ever loved as I did: but love, victorious love! o'erthrows all that, and tells me, it is his nature never to remember; he still looks forward...a. 1686, Thomas Otway, “[Letters.] To Madam —— [Elizabeth Barry].”, in The Works of Thomas Otway. […], volume III, London: […] [Buchanan M‘Millan] for T. Turner, […], (successor to John Mackinlay)...
    • In the fourth [volume], we view the decline of botany in the barbarous ages. In the fifth we find it riſing with the new dawn of literature; [...]1767 August, “The Vegetable System: Or A Series of Experiments and Observations, Tending to Explain the Internal Structure, and the Life of Plants; […] By John Hill, M.D. Folio. 11 Vols. 1l. 11s. 6d....

Examples of new dawn in a sentence

  • The reformation, however, produced in Iceland a new dawn of learning; and a few rays of that light which had blazed over Europe from the discovery of printing shed a gleam on this remote island; [...]1811, William Jackson Hooker, “Introduction”, in Journal of a Tour in Iceland in the Summer of 1809, London: […] Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe...
  • More and more of us are living active lives as a consequence of life-saving treatments. [...] Impulsive negative responses to these new dawns are unbecoming of the human spirit.2010, R. John Elford, “Introduction”, in D[avid] Gareth Jones, R. John Elford, editors, A Glass Darkly: Medicine and Theology in Further...

Synonyms of new dawn

Forms of new dawn

pluralnew dawns

Words that rhyme with new dawn

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Questions about new dawn

What does new dawn mean?
New dawn means a new beginning; a fresh start; an important, promising turning point.
How do you use new dawn in a sentence?
The reformation, however, produced in Iceland a new dawn of learning; and a few rays of that light which had blazed over Europe from the discovery of printing shed a gleam on this remote island; [...]
What part of speech is new dawn?
New dawn is a noun.
How do you pronounce new dawn?
New dawn is pronounced /njuː ˈdɔːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of new dawn?
The plural of new dawn is new dawns.

Words near new dawn in the dictionary

  1. New Cross
  2. New Cross Gate
  3. New Cumberland
  4. New Cumnock
  5. New Cuyama
  6. new dawn
  7. new dawns
  8. New Deal
  9. New Dealer
  10. New Dealers
  11. New Dealism

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