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Definition of dawn verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    dawn

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//dɔn//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they dawn
     
     he / she / it dawns
     
     past simple dawned
     
     -ing form dawning
     
     
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  1. 1[intransitive] (of a day or a period of time) to begin The following morning dawned bright and warm. A new technological age had dawned.
  2. 2[intransitive] to become obvious or easy to understand Slowly the awful truth dawned.
    3. Idioms
    (the) light dawned (on somebody)
     
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    someone suddenly understood or began to understand something I puzzled over the problem for ages before the light suddenly dawned.     Phrasal Verbsdawn on
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