dawn

Noun

• an opening time period
  • it was the dawn of the Roman Empire
    

• the earliest period
  • the dawn of civilization
    
  • the morning of the world
    

• the first light of day
  • we got up before dawn
    
  • they talked until morning
    

Verb

• become light
  • It started to dawn, and we had to get up
    

• appear or develop
  • The age of computers had dawned
    

• become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
  • It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
    
  • she was penetrated with sorrow
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  morning , click , get through , come home , get across , sink in , penetrate , fall into place