Dawn
noun
The time of morning when light first appears.
We left the house before dawn.
Often appears as...
- break of dawn
- crack of dawn
noun
The start or beginning of something.
It was the dawn of the information age.
Often appears as...
- dawn of civilization
- dawn of man
verb
To become known or understood.
The truth finally dawned on him.
Often appears as...
- dawn on me
- dawned on her
verb
To start or begin.
A new day is dawning.
Often appears as...
- dawning of a new day
- dawn upon
noun
The time of morning when light first appears.
We left the house before dawn.
Often appears as...
- break of dawn
- crack of dawn
noun
The start or beginning of something.
It was the dawn of the information age.
Often appears as...
- dawn of civilization
- dawn of man
verb
To become known or understood.
The truth finally dawned on him.
Often appears as...
- dawn on me
- dawned on her
verb
To start or begin.
A new day is dawning.
Often appears as...
- dawning of a new day
- dawn upon
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Pro Tip 1/2Light's Beginning
Dawn marks the end of darkness in daily cycles, symbolizing hope or new beginnings.
After a long night, dawn brought a sense of relief.
Pro Tip 2/2Quiet Hour
Dawn is often considered a peaceful, quiet time before daily activities start.
She enjoyed the tranquility of dawn, with birds chirping softly.
Pro Tip 1/2Light's Beginning
Dawn marks the end of darkness in daily cycles, symbolizing hope or new beginnings.
After a long night, dawn brought a sense of relief.
Pro Tip 2/2Quiet Hour
Dawn is often considered a peaceful, quiet time before daily activities start.
She enjoyed the tranquility of dawn, with birds chirping softly.
Pro Tip 1/2Light's Beginning
Dawn marks the end of darkness in daily cycles, symbolizing hope or new beginnings.
After a long night, dawn brought a sense of relief.
Pro Tip 2/2Quiet Hour
Dawn is often considered a peaceful, quiet time before daily activities start.
She enjoyed the tranquility of dawn, with birds chirping softly.
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years ago the scale of the task which kuban and his team are undertaking is starting to dawn on me this animal is virtually impossible to observe but with methodically collected camera trap evidence kuban is building up a robust scientific picture of where these ghost-like cats live in kyrgyzstan
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How does the stock...
With the dawn of the Internet, everyday investors can buy stocks in many of the exact same ways a large investor would. And as more people educate themselves about this complex system they too can trade stocks, support the businesses they believe in, and pursue their financial goals.
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Your elusive creative...
that would go on for hours and hours, until dawn. They were always magnificent, because the dancers were professionals and they were terrific, right? But every once in a while, very rarely, something would happen, and one of these performers would actually become transcendent.
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Why neutrinos matter -...
and how they reached such extreme energies. Light, from infrared, to x-rays, to gamma rays, has given us increasingly energetic and continuously surprising views of the universe. We are now at the dawn of the age of neutrino astronomy,
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Should “blackness”...
know we just met dawn but I want to share something with you that uh I'm both ashamed and proud of I used to be a drug dealer and there were times in that life I thought oh my god this guy is gonna kill me the time to scare me the most
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Bed Bugs PIPE National...
well she wasn't kidding it's just before dawn you're in the deepest sleep you'll be an all night and the bedbugs are ready to strike bedbugs once lived in caves and sucked the blood of bats and your prehistoric ancestors when we left
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Nature's Mighty Power:...
hippopotamus roamed for miles between dusk and dawn in search of good grazing but there's a limit to their range and they must turn around and head back to water before the sun rises life on earth is powered by the sun
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Rockets 101 PIPE National...
military forces around the world began to apply these new scientific understandings to the battlefield, transforming the earlier, crude rockets into powerful weapons of war. However, the true dawn of space rocketry
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Let's use video to...
But I was excited, so I kept going. And then a few other things started to dawn on me; that not only would it help my cousins right now, or these people who were sending letters,
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Vampire Bat Colony Found...
in all my life it's an unsettling encounter and not what gordon is looking for with dawn approaching he heads back to
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Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
years ago the scale of the task which kuban and his team are undertaking is starting to dawn on me this animal is virtually impossible to observe but with methodically collected camera trap evidence kuban is building up a robust scientific picture of where these ghost-like cats live in kyrgyzstan
Video examples
How does the stock...
With the dawn of the Internet, everyday investors can buy stocks in many of the exact same ways a large investor would. And as more people educate themselves about this complex system they too can trade stocks, support the businesses they believe in, and pursue their financial goals.
Video examples
Your elusive creative...
that would go on for hours and hours, until dawn. They were always magnificent, because the dancers were professionals and they were terrific, right? But every once in a while, very rarely, something would happen, and one of these performers would actually become transcendent.
Video examples
Why neutrinos matter -...
and how they reached such extreme energies. Light, from infrared, to x-rays, to gamma rays, has given us increasingly energetic and continuously surprising views of the universe. We are now at the dawn of the age of neutrino astronomy,
Video examples
Should “blackness”...
know we just met dawn but I want to share something with you that uh I'm both ashamed and proud of I used to be a drug dealer and there were times in that life I thought oh my god this guy is gonna kill me the time to scare me the most
Video examples
Bed Bugs PIPE National...
well she wasn't kidding it's just before dawn you're in the deepest sleep you'll be an all night and the bedbugs are ready to strike bedbugs once lived in caves and sucked the blood of bats and your prehistoric ancestors when we left
Video examples
Nature's Mighty Power:...
hippopotamus roamed for miles between dusk and dawn in search of good grazing but there's a limit to their range and they must turn around and head back to water before the sun rises life on earth is powered by the sun
Video examples
Rockets 101 PIPE National...
military forces around the world began to apply these new scientific understandings to the battlefield, transforming the earlier, crude rockets into powerful weapons of war. However, the true dawn of space rocketry
Video examples
Let's use video to...
But I was excited, so I kept going. And then a few other things started to dawn on me; that not only would it help my cousins right now, or these people who were sending letters,
Video examples
Vampire Bat Colony Found...
in all my life it's an unsettling encounter and not what gordon is looking for with dawn approaching he heads back to
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian Author
Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you - you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside.
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Lewis Black
American Comedian
For a while, I thought the great disappointment of my life was that I don't have a family of my own. Then it dawned on me: That's not what I think; that's what married people think.
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D'Angelo
American Musician
I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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Kaskade
American Musician
I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
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Joanna Lumley
English Actress
I'm very good at getting up in the morning - so much of my life has been spent on film sets where we start at the crack of dawn.
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Hugh Jackman
Australian Actor
It dawned on me that acting was what I wanted to do with my life. Nothing had ever touched my heart like acting did.
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Saul Alinsky
American Activist
We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new world. We will see it when we believe it.
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John Ruskin
English Writer
Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.
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Emily Dickinson
American Poet
Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
Quote examples
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian Author
Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you - you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside.
Quote examples
Lewis Black
American Comedian
For a while, I thought the great disappointment of my life was that I don't have a family of my own. Then it dawned on me: That's not what I think; that's what married people think.
Quote examples
D'Angelo
American Musician
I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
Quote examples
Kaskade
American Musician
I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
Quote examples
Joanna Lumley
English Actress
I'm very good at getting up in the morning - so much of my life has been spent on film sets where we start at the crack of dawn.
Quote examples
Hugh Jackman
Australian Actor
It dawned on me that acting was what I wanted to do with my life. Nothing had ever touched my heart like acting did.
Quote examples
Saul Alinsky
American Activist
We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new world. We will see it when we believe it.
Quote examples
John Ruskin
English Writer
Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.
Quote examples
Emily Dickinson
American Poet
Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.
Quote examples
Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
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