Englishdawn
noun
1 we got up at dawn:
daybreak, break of day, crack of dawn, sunrise, first light, daylight, first thing in the morning, early morning, cockcrow;
North American sunup;
literary dawning, peep of day, aurora, dayspring.
▷antonyms dusk.
2 the dawn of civilization:
beginning, start, birth, inception, conception, origination, genesis, emergence, advent, coming, appearance, debut, arrival, dawning, rise, starting point, origin, launch, institution, inauguration, opening, initiation, onset, outset, unfolding, development, infancy;
day one;
informal kick-off, the word go;
formal commencement.
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verb
1 Thursday dawned crisp and sunny:
begin, open, break, arrive, emerge, grow light, lighten, brighten.
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2 a bright new future has dawned:
begin, start, come into being, be born, come into existence, appear, arrive, come forth, emerge, erupt, burst out;
arise, rise, originate, break, unfold, develop, crop up, first see the light of day;
formal commence.
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3 she became calmer as realization dawned | it dawned on him that he was not alone:
occur to, come to, come to mind, spring to mind, enter someone's mind/head, come into someone's head/mind, strike, hit, register with, enter someone's consciousness, flash across someone's mind, pass through someone's mind, cross someone's mind, suggest itself.
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dawn Oxford Dictionary of English