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