dawn
The morning twilight period immediately before sunriseThe morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
» I usually wake up at dawn.
Я обычно просыпаюсь на рассвете.
Я зазвичай прокидаюся на світанку.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
Morgendämmerung, Dämmerung, Morgengrauen
заря́zarjá, рассве́тrassvét
зоря́zorjá, світа́нокsvitánok
(countable)The rising of the sun.
Dämmerung, Morgendämmerung, Morgengrauen
восхо́дvosxód, восхо́д со́лнцаvosxód sólnca, рассве́тrassvét
східsxid
(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
(uncountable)The earliest phase of something.
The dawn of civilization didn't imply twilight of barbarity.
Dämmerung
заря́zarjá
the earliest period
Examples
371 sentencesI usually wake up at dawn.
Я зазвичай прокидаюся на світанку. — deniko
ruЯ обычно просыпаюсь на рассвете. — marafon
I usually get up just before dawn.
Я, як правило, встаю незадовго до світанку. — deniko
We worked until dawn.
Ми працювали до світанку. — deniko
ruМы работали до рассвета. — marafon
deWir arbeiteten bis zur Morgendämmerung. — toivo
We got up at dawn.
Ми прокинулися на світанку. — deniko
ruМы встали на рассвете. — marafon
deWir standen im Morgengrauen auf. — al_ex_an_der
I was woken up suddenly at dawn.
Мене раптом збудили на світанку. — aandrusiak
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English dawnen, either a back-formation from dawnynge or a modification of dawFrom 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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Forms
plural: dawnsSynonyms
28 synonyms- the earliest period:morning
- the first light of day:dawningmorningaurorafirst lightdaybreakbreak of daybreak of the daydayspring
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
31 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- up before dawn
- up at dawn
- crack of dawn
- until dawn