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How to pronounce dawn in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms click, come home, fall into place, get across, get through, penetrate, sink in


It dawned on him that she had betrayed him.
Type Words
Synonyms aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup
Type of time of day, hour


we got up before dawn.
Type Words
Synonyms morning
Type of start


the dawn of civilization.
Type Words
Type of time period, period, period of time


it was the dawn of the Roman Empire.
Type Words
Type of begin, start


The age of computers had dawned.
Type Words
Type of change
Derivation dawning


It started to dawn, and we had to get up.

Examples of dawn

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We're at the dawn of custom network and content creation for future generations.
From the forbes.com
It's quieter now as dawn is breaking and people now are pouring into the square.
From the abcnews.go.com
About 330 people and their 20 dogs and cats landed at the base just before dawn.
From the kentucky.com
Families rise before dawn to pray and share a light meal called suhur in Arabic.
From the kansas.com
The crack-of-dawn bus ride and long day of air travel is in the rearview mirror.
From the thenewstribune.com
A wispy, metallic scent hung everywhere in the gray dawn breaking over the city.
From the time.com
Dawn Wiener, as might be apparent from her name, has a hard time in junior high.
From the time.com
Dawn was still nearly two hours away and those lights had to be the North Shore.
From the nzherald.co.nz
I look forward to a new dawn of posting diacritic marks and other stuff as well.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • The first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
  • Click: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
  • The earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"
  • Appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"
  • Become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
  • Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of the twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the presence of weak sunlight, while the sun itself is still below the horizon. ...
  • Dawn! is a 1979 Australian sports biopic about the three-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Dawn Fraser, starring Bronwyn Mackay-Payne, written by Joy Cavill and directed by Ken Hannam.
  • Dawn, the band's third album, is the first Danger Danger album to feature singer Paul Laine. It is also the first Danger Danger album to feature Bruno Ravel on guitar as well as bass. ...
  • Dawn was a 1990 novel started by V. C. Andrews and finished by Andrew Neiderman after her death. It is the first of five books in the Cutler series.