Nouns (13)
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dawn
n. an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow
n. the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
Verbs (2)
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dawn
v. appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"
dawn
v. become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
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Fuzzynyms (48)
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advent, coming
n. arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer"
emergence, outgrowth, growth
n. the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
origin, origination, inception
n. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
n. the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"
day, daytime, daylight
n. the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"
matins, morning prayer
n. the first canonical hour; at daybreak
infancy, babyhood, early childhood
n. the early stage of growth or development
beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
n. the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
birth
n. a baby born; an offspring; "the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births"
origin, origination, inception
n. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
seem
v. appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters"
arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up
v. rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
begin, start
v. 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
v. begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"
emerge
v. become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study"
hit, strike
v. affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"
stretch, stretch out
v. extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"
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Antonyms (12)
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sunset, sundown
n. the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
evening
n. the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera"
twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle
n. the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
dawn
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