1. [verb] (intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.
2. [verb] (intransitive) To start to appear or be realized.
3. [verb] (intransitive) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
4. [noun] (uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
5. [noun] (countable) The rising of the sun.
6. [noun] (uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
7. [noun] (uncountable) The beginning.
8. [noun] The first light of day; 'we got up before dawn'; 'they talked until morning'.
9. [noun] The earliest period; 'the dawn of civilization'; 'the morning of the world'.
10. [noun] An opening time period; 'it was the dawn of the Roman Empire'.
11. [verb] Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; 'It dawned on him that she had betrayed him'; 'she was penetrated with sorrow'.
12. [verb] Appear or develop; 'The age of computers had dawned'.
13. [verb] Become light; 'It started to dawn, and we had to get up'.
