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Dawn Day Dawning Time Light Appears Sky Sun

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D___ is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises .Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises .
Nancy woke at dawn.
word dawn
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noun
Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises .
Nancy woke at dawn.
The dawn of a period of time or a situation is the beginning of it.
...the dawn of powered flight.
...the dawn of the radio age.
verb
If something is dawning, it is beginning to develop or come into existence .
The age of the computerized toilet has dawned.
A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team.
Now there is a dawning realisation that drastic action is necessary.
...the dawning of the space age.
Tettlinger felt the first dawning of hope.
When you say that a particular day dawned, you mean it arrived or began, usually when it became light.
When the great day dawned, the first concern was the weather.
The next day dawned sombre and gloomy.
inflections dawnsdawningdawneddawning
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