dawn, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

dawn (dawns plural & 3rd person present) (dawning present participle) (dawned past tense & past participle )

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.

2 n-sing The dawn of a period of time or a situation is the beginning of it.
LITERARY usu the N of n
...the dawn of the radio age.

3  verb If something is dawning, it is beginning to develop or come into existence.
WRITTEN Throughout Europe a new railway age, that of the high-speed train, has dawned...  V
♦ dawning  n-sing oft the
...the dawning of the space age...

4 verb When you say that a particular day dawned, you mean it arrived or began, usually when it became light.
WRITTEN When the great day dawned, the first concern was the weather... V

5
→ at the crack of dawn
→ crack dawn on , dawn upon  phrasal verb If a fact or idea dawns on you, you realize it. (=strike)
It gradually dawned on me that I still had talent and ought to run again...  it V P n that
Then the chilling truth dawned on Captain Gary Snavely.  V P n