dawn

About 12.81 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To begin to brighten with daylight.

   A new day dawns.

2. verb To start to appear or become obvious.

   I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him.

3. verb To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
4. noun The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
5. noun The rising of the sun.
6. noun The time when the sun rises.

   She rose before dawn to meet the train.

7. noun The earliest phase of something.

   The dawn of civilization didn't imply twilight of barbarity.

Similar words

daybreak break of day dayspring cockcrow first light sunup sunrise morning aurora sink in

Often followed by

of and on to the was in is upon

Word family

dawned dawning dawns