dawn
To begin to brighten with daylight.
Verb 3 meanings
To begin to brighten with daylight.
“A new day dawns.”
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.
Noun 4 meanings
The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
The rising of the sun.
The time when the sun rises.
“She rose before dawn to meet the train.”
The earliest phase of something.
“The dawn of civilization didn't imply twilight of barbarity.”
Etymology
From Middle English dawnen, either a back-formation from dawnynge or a modification of dawen (“to dawn”) after it. The noun is from the verb.
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DAWN at a glance
DAWN has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (D 2 + A 1 + W 4 + N 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,437 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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