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dawn

 
/dɔn/, /dɑn/ n

Definition

the period in the day when light from the sun begins to appear in the sky: [U] fig. Computers mark the dawn of a new age.
(Definition of dawn n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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