RhymeZone: dawn definitions

Definitions of dawn:

noun: the earliest period
Example: "The dawn of civilization"
noun: the first light of day
Example: "We got up before dawn"
noun: an opening time period
Example: "It was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
verb: appear or develop
Example: "The age of computers had dawned"
verb: become light
Example: "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
verb: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
Example: "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"
name: A female given name (common: 1 in 495 females; popularity rank in the U.S.: #105)
name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #19735)