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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

dawn

/dɔn/

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What does dawn mean?

verb

  1. To begin to brighten with daylight.
  2. (figuratively) To start to appear or become obvious.
  3. (figuratively) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
More meanings (5)

noun

  1. The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
  2. The rising of the sun.
  3. The time when the sun rises.
  4. The earliest phase of something.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from English, sometimes given to a girl born at dawn.

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IPA pronunciation

/dɔn/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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The dawn in the east looked like the light from some great fire that was burning under the edge of the world.
Willa CatherO Pioneers!Project Gutenberg ebook #24
As the dawn grew brighter we withdrew from the window from which we had watched the Martians, and went very quietly downstairs.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe war of the worldsProject Gutenberg ebook #36
More book examples (3)
“There have been scores of nights when they’ve thought I could never live to see the dawn,” went on Mrs. Douglas solemnly.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of the IslandProject Gutenberg ebook #51
When dawn broke upon the little camp of Frenchmen in the heart of the jungle it found a sad and disheartened group.
Edgar Rice BurroughsTarzan of the ApesProject Gutenberg ebook #78
A vast dawn of ideas is the peculiarity of our century, and in that aurora England and Germany have a magnificent radiance.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135