Dawn is the first light of the day before the sun fully rises. It is the start of morning and makes the sky light.
We went for a walk at dawn.
Birds sing loudly at dawn.
Dawn can mean the start of something new, like a period or important event. It shows the first time something happens.
The dawn of a new era began.
At the dawn of technology, life changed.
As a verb, dawn means to start to understand something. It is like a new idea coming clearly to your mind.
I dawned on him that he was wrong.
It dawned on me she was late.
Dawn can mean the soft light in the early morning before the sun rises. It is often used in poems or stories.
The forest was silent at dawn.
She walked home in the dawn's soft light.
In military use, dawn means a surprise attack made early in the morning to catch the enemy off guard.
The army planned a dawn attack.
Dawn raids are fast and secret.
In rare scientific use, Dawn can refer to a cell type connected to the genus Dawnia in botany. This is very technical and rare.
The Dawn cells grow slowly.
Scientists study Dawn in plants.
