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Meaning of dawn

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dawn
      n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they
           talked until morning" [syn: {dawn}, {dawning}, {morning},
           {aurora}, {first light}, {daybreak}, {break of day}, {break
           of the day}, {dayspring}, {sunrise}, {sunup}, {cockcrow}]
           [ant: {sundown}, {sunset}]
      2: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning
         of the world" [syn: {dawn}, {morning}]
      3: an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
      v 1: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It
           dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was
           penetrated with sorrow" [syn: {click}, {get through},
           {dawn}, {come home}, {get across}, {sink in}, {penetrate},
           {fall into place}]
      2: appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"
      3: become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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