dawn

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. beginning, origin, inception. See dimness. Ant., dusk.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [The coming of day]

Syn. dawning, sunrise, daybreak; see morning 1 .

2. [The beginning]

Syn. source, start, rise, advent; see appearance 3 , origin 1 , 2 .

v.

Syn. start, appear, show itself; see begin 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. daybreak sunrise, sunup, morning, aurora, cockcrow, first light, wee hours, *holy light ofdawn. ''The time whenmenof reason go to bed.''—Ambrose Bierce. ''That single hour of the twenty-four, when crime ceases, debauchery is exhausted, and even desolation finds a shelter.''—Benjamin Disraeli.

2. beginning start, rise, advent, opening, coming, emergence, birth, onset.

ANT.: 1. sunset, dusk, twilight. 2. close, end, dusk

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. The first appearance of daylight in the morning: aurora, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup. See START. 2. The initial stage of a developmental process: beginning, birth, commencement, genesis, inception, nascence, nascency, onset, opening, origin, outset, spring, start. See START. II verb To begin to appear or develop: appear, arise, commence, emerge, originate. See START.