dawn

nouns

the first light of day
"we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup
the earliest period
"the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"
dawn, morning
an opening time period
"it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
dawn
domain usage
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
figure, figure of speech, image, trope
is a type of (narrower)
an amount of time
"a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
period, period of time, time period

verbs

become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
"It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
click, come home, dawn, fall into place, get across, get through, penetrate, sink in
appear or develop
"The age of computers had dawned"
dawn
is a type of (narrower)
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
"The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"
begin, start
become light
"It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
dawn
is derived from
dawning
is a type of (narrower)
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
"She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
change