Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable)The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

    Morgendämmerung, Dämmerung, Morgengrauen

    заря́zarjá, рассве́тrassvét

    зоря́zorjá, світа́нокsvitánok

  2. (countable)The rising of the sun.

    Dämmerung, Morgendämmerung, Morgengrauen

    восхо́дvosxód, восхо́д со́лнцаvosxód sólnca, рассве́тrassvét

    східsxid

  3. (uncountable)The time when the sun rises.

    She rose before dawn to meet the train.

    The platoon braced itself for the dawn offensive.

    Dämmerung, Morgendämmerung, Morgengrauen

    восхо́д со́лнцаvosxód sólnca, рассве́тrassvét, заря

    an opening time period

  4. (uncountable)The earliest phase of something.

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

    Dämmerung

    заря́zarjá

    the earliest period

Examples

371 sentences
  1. I usually wake up at dawn.

    Я зазвичай прокидаюся на світанку.

    ruЯ обычно просыпаюсь на рассвете.

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  2. I usually get up just before dawn.

    Я, як правило, встаю незадовго до світанку.

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  3. We worked until dawn.

    Ми працювали до світанку.

    ruМы работали до рассвета.

    deWir arbeiteten bis zur Morgendämmerung.

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  4. We got up at dawn.

    Ми прокинулися на світанку.

    ruМы встали на рассвете.

    deWir standen im Morgengrauen auf.

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  5. I was woken up suddenly at dawn.

    Мене раптом збудили на світанку.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
morning twilight period:
rising of the sun:
Русский
By meaning 2
morning twilight period:
rising of the sun:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
morning twilight period:
rising of the sun:

Origin

From Middle English dawnen, either a back-formation from dawnynge or a modification of daw

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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