dawn /dɔn/
1. the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
synset: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first_light, daybreak, break_of_day, break_of_the_day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow
2. the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"
3. an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
synset: dawn
1. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
synset: click, get_through, dawn, come_home, get_across, sink_in, penetrate, fall_into_place
2. appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"
synset: dawn
3. become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
synset: dawn
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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