dawn on
To occur to somebody; to be realized byTo occur to somebody; to be realized by.
» It never dawned on me that I would be a suspect.
Мне и в голову не приходило, что меня станут подозревать. — Ooneykcall
Мені ніколи і в голову не приходило, що я буду підозрюваним. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To occur to somebody; to be realized by.
It finally dawned on him that he could automate the process instead of doing it by hand each time.
озаря́тьozarjátʹ, озари́тьozarítʹ, осеня́тьosenjátʹ
Examples
22 sentencesIt never dawned on me that I would be a suspect.
Мені ніколи і в голову не приходило, що я буду підозрюваним. — deniko
ruМне и в голову не приходило, что меня станут подозревать. — Ooneykcall
The truth began to dawn on Tom.
ruПравда начала доходить до Тома. — odexed
The truth of the matter is dawning on him.
deLangsam geht ihm auf, was Sache ist. — raggione
It gradually dawned on me that I had taken the wrong train.
The fact that Tom was lying to us slowly dawned on me.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
dawns on, dawning on, dawned on, dawned on| Base form | dawn on · to dawn on |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | dawns on |
| Present participle | dawning on |
| Past simple | dawned on |
| Past participle | dawned on |
irregular
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.