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dawn

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Pronunciation

(UK) IPA ^(key): /dɔːn/
(US) IPA ^(key): /dɔn/
(AU) IPA ^(key): /doːn/
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Noun

Singular
dawn

Plural
dawns

(uncountable) Dawn is the start of the morning light just before sunrise.
He woke up before dawn to do a morning jog.
(countable) The dawn of something is the beginning of it.

Verb

Plain form
dawn

Third-person singular
dawns

Past tense
dawned

Past participle
dawned

Present participle
dawning

(intransitive) If something dawns upon a person or thing, they realise it.
It dawned upon him that his answer to the question was wrong.

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