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dawn

noun
1. The first appearance of daylight in the morning:
2. The initial stage of a developmental process:
verb
To begin to appear or develop:
phrasal verb
dawn on or upon
To come as a realization:
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Translations
بَدَأتُ أُدْرِك الآن
rozbřesknout se
gå op for
megvilágosodik
renna upp fyrir
rozvidnieť sa
kafasına dank etmek

dawn

(doːn) verb
(especially of daylight) to begin to appear. A new day has dawned. See also dawn on below.
noun
1. the very beginning of a day; very early morning. We must get up at dawn.
2. the very beginning of something. the dawn of civilization.
ˈdawning noun
the act of beginning. the dawning of a new day / a new age.
dawn on
to become suddenly clear to (a person). It suddenly dawned on me what he had meant.
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