dawn
To begin to brighten with daylight.
Example
“A new day dawns.”
Other meanings
To start to appear or become obvious.
“I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him.”
To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
Synonyms
- click
- get through
- come home
- get across
- sink in
- penetrate
Related words
- dawn on
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "dawnen".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dawn” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.