Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To begin to brighten with daylight.

    A new day dawns.

    dämmern, grauen, tagen

    наступа́тьnastupátʹ, рассвета́тьrassvetátʹ

  2. (figuratively, intransitive)To start to appear or become obvious.

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

    The realization dawned on him that few would pass that final exam.

    dämmern

    озаря́тьozarjátʹ, осеня́тьosenjátʹ

    become light

  3. (figuratively, intransitive)To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

    appear or develop

Examples

371 sentences
  1. I usually wake up at dawn.

    Я зазвичай прокидаюся на світанку. — deniko

    ruЯ обычно просыпаюсь на рассвете. — marafon

  2. I usually get up just before dawn.

    Я, як правило, встаю незадовго до світанку. — deniko

  3. We worked until dawn.

    Ми працювали до світанку. — deniko

    ruМы работали до рассвета. — marafon

    deWir arbeiteten bis zur Morgendämmerung. — toivo

  4. We got up at dawn.

    Ми прокинулися на світанку. — deniko

    ruМы встали на рассвете. — marafon

    deWir standen im Morgengrauen auf. — al_ex_an_der

  5. I was woken up suddenly at dawn.

    Мене раптом збудили на світанку. — aandrusiak

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to begin to brighten with daylight:
to start to appear, to be realized:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to begin to brighten with daylight:

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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Forms

dawns, dawning, dawned, dawned
Base formdawn · to dawn
3rd person singulardawns
Present participledawning
Past simpledawned
Past participledawned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydawn
he, she, itdawns

Past simpleLesson

all personsdawned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dawned
he, she, ithas dawned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dawn

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relateddawning
Deriveddawn on

Collocations

4 patterns
  • up before dawn
  • up at dawn
  • crack of dawn
  • until dawn

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dawn — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto