dawn+on+(verb)

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• dawn on — To begin to become evident to or be understood by • • • Main Entry: ↑dawn * * * ˈdawn on [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they dawn on he/she/it dawns on present participle …   Useful english dictionary

• dawn — ► NOUN 1) the first appearance of light in the sky in the morning. 2) the beginning of something. ► VERB 1) (of a day) begin. 2) come into existence. 3) (dawn on) become evident to …   English terms dictionary

• dawn upon — dawn (up)on (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To come as a realization: register, sink in, soak in. See KNOWLEDGE …   English dictionary for students

• dawn on — dawn (up)on (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To come as a realization: register, sink in, soak in. See KNOWLEDGE …   English dictionary for students

• dawn on — verb (of an idea) to occur to somebody; to be realized It finally dawned on him that he could automate the process instead of doing it by hand each time …   Wiktionary

• dawn — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 early morning ADJECTIVE ▪ grey/gray ▪ early VERB + DAWN ▪ greet ▪ He always got up to greet the dawn …   Collocations dictionary

• dawn — dawn1 [ dɔn ] noun count or uncount ** the beginning of the day, when it begins to get light: I don t think he went to sleep until dawn. at dawn: They had decided to leave at dawn. at the crack of dawn (=very early in the morning): We had to get… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dawn — 1 noun (C, U) 1 the time at the beginning of the day when light first appears: We talked almost until dawn. | at dawn: The first boats set off at dawn. | dawn breaks (=the first light of the day appears): When dawn broke we were still 50 miles… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• dawn — [[t]dɔ͟ːn[/t]] dawns, dawning, dawned 1) N VAR Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises. Nancy woke at dawn. Syn: sunrise, daybreak 2) N SING: usu the N of n The dawn of a period of time or a… …   English dictionary

• dawn — I UK [dɔːn] / US [dɔn] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms dawn : singular dawn plural dawns ** the beginning of the day, when it begins to get light I don t think he went to sleep until dawn. at dawn: They had decided to leave at dawn. dawn… …   English dictionary

• dawn — /dɔn / (say dawn) noun 1. the first appearance of daylight in the morning: *When the grey dawn broke at last, And the long, long night was past –a.b. (banjo) paterson, 1902. 2. the beginning or rise of anything; advent: dawn of civilisation; dawn …