dawning
Plural: dawnings
Noun
- the first light of day
- Dawn.
- The first beginnings of something.
Verb
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
- appear or develop
- become light
- present participle and gerund of dawn
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English dawnynge, an alteration of dawing, under the influence of North Germanic cognates (compare Swedish, Danish dagning). See daw (“to dawn”).
Synonyms
aurora, break of day, break of the day, click, cockcrow, come home, dawn, daybreak, dayspring, fall into place, first light, get across, get through, morning, penetrate, sink in, sunrise, sunup
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
dawning: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddawning: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dawning: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary