Definitions for dawning

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dawning dawn·ing

Spelling: [daw-ning]

IPA: /ˈdɔ nɪŋ/

Dawning is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in dawning (adginnw).

Definitions for dawning

noun

1. daybreak; dawn.
2. beginning; start:
3. the first appearance of daylight in the morning:
4. the beginning or rise of anything; advent:

verb (used without object)

1. to begin to grow light in the morning:
2. to begin to open or develop.
3. to begin to be perceived (usually followed by on):

Origin of dawning

Middle English; see dawn, -ing¹

Examples for dawning

And yet in an interview, Krikorian, too, seems oddly sanguine about the dawning of the Obama era.

Suddenly it is dawning on everyone, including members of Congress, just how much power Facebook is amassing.

The first dawning of genuine love—the fervour of adoration, all were fled.

From the dawning of silent films, moviemakers have turned to books for grist.

What would be the result upon her and upon her dawning gift?

Artois was conscious of a dawning hostility in the Marchesino.

And first Aristophanes drops, and then, as the day is dawning, Agathon.

I think this realization is dawning on much of the media as well.

The dawning intellect of her began to grasp already the nobility of work.

But perhaps, just perhaps, we are starting to see a dawning unease among politicians of both parties.