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Learn to pronounce dawn

/dôn/
noun
  1. the first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise.
    "the rose-pink light of dawn"
    synonyms: daybreak, break of day, crack of dawn, sunrise, first light, daylight, first thing in the morning, early morning, cockcrow, sunup, dawning, peep of day, aurora, dayspring
  2. the beginning of a phenomenon or period of time, especially one considered favorable.
    "the dawn of civilization"
    synonyms: beginning, start, birth, inception, conception, origination, genesis, emergence, advent, coming, appearance, debut, arrival, dawning, rise, starting point, origin, launch, institution, inauguration, opening, initiation, onset, outset, unfolding, development, infancy, day one, kickoff, the word go, commencement

verb
  1. (of a day) begin.
    "Thursday dawned bright and sunny"
    synonyms: begin, open, break, arrive, emerge, grow light, lighten, brighten
  2. become evident to the mind; be perceived or understood.
    "the awful truth was beginning to dawn on him"
    synonyms: occur to, come to, come to mind, spring to mind, enter someone's mind/head, come into someone's head/mind, strike, hit, register with, enter someone's consciousness, flash across someone's mind, pass through someone's mind, cross someone's mind, suggest itself

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