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Definition: Dawning |
DawningNoun1. The first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dawning" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: DawningSynonyms: aurora (n), break of day (n), break of the day (n), cockcrow (n), dawn (n), daybreak (n), dayspring (n), first light (n), morning (n), sunrise (n), sunup (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: sunset (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dawning |
| English words defined with "dawning": Foregleam. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "dawning": Dawn. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | There was time between the waning age of enchantment and the dawning age of logic when dragons flew the skies, free and unencumbered (The Flight of Dragons; writing credit: Peter Dickinson; Gordon R. Dickson) | |
Lyrics | I see a new, a new day a dawning (But Anyway; performing artist: Blues Traveler) Every endless night has a dawning day (Private Emotion; performing artist: Ricky Martin) Alone in a cold day dawning, are you still free (While You See a Chance; performing artist: Steve Winwood) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Dawning (1921) The Dawning (1912) Dawning (1986) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Economic History | Albania | Many scholars believe the Albanian people are the direct descendants of a group of tribes known as the Illyrians, who arrived in the Balkans around 2000 BC. After falling to Roman authority in 165 BC, modern-day Albania remained under the control of various foreign powers until the dawning of the 20th century. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Dawning" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 38.83% of the time. "Dawning" is used about 103 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 38.83% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Noun (singular) | 37.86% | 39 | 55,036 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 18.45% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.85% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 103 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dawning | 8 |
new day dawning | 4 |
dawning rage | 3 |
dawning demo rage | 2 |
dark dawning day | 2 |
age aquarius dawning this | 2 |
dawning day | 2 |
dawning new | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dawning"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | " (Dawned, Daybreak). (various references) | |
German | dämmernd. (various references) | |
Hungarian | születő, kelet (date, e, east, east-bound, orient), hajnal (Aurora, dawn, daybreak, day-break, orient, prime, rise of day), derengésből feltünedező. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 萌し (bean sprouts, germination, sprouting), 黎明期 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きざし (germination, omen, signs, sprouting, symptoms), れいめいき. (various references) | |
Korean | 이 샘. (various references) | |
Manx | toshiaght (beginning, bow, bow of ship, captain, captain of team, commencement, curtain-raiser, dawn, fore, forefront, forepart, forestalling, genesis, getaway, inception, initiation, lead, opening, origin, outset, preliminary, start, stem, threshold, threshold of pain etc, vanguard), dowaney (dawn of day, daybreak), dowanee. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | awningday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | aurora (aurora, dawn, daybreak, daylight, day-spring, morn, morning), amanhecer (dawn). (various references) | |
Russian | рассветать рассвет (dawn). (various references) | |
Spanish | madrugada (dawn, early morning, morning). (various references) | |
Turkish | ağarma (daybreak, growing white, turning gray). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | схід (rise, uprise, uprising), світанок (cockcrow, dawn, day-break, daylight, day-spring, youth), зоря (day-spring, star, youth), проблиски, початок (authorship, beginning, breaking, commencement, cradle, dawn, day-spring, first, inception, incipience, morning, mother, onset, opening, origin, original, origination, outset, prime, proem, prolog, prologue, set out, start, starting, womb), паростки. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | buổi sơ khai phương đông, buổi ban đầu, bình minh (dawn, daylight, sunrise). (various references) | |
Welsh | plygeiniol (very early). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 3, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Skotwqeih ta astra thV nuktoV ekeinhV upomeinai kai eiV fwtismon mh elqoi kai mh idoi ewsforon anatellonta |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Obtenebrentur stellae caligine eius expectet lucem et non videat nec ortum surgentis aurorae |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The sterris be thei derkid with the dercnesse of it; abide it liyt, and se not, ne the springing of the risende morwetid. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Job Chapter 3, Verse 9 |
| Albanian | U errësofshin yjet e muzgut të tij, le të presë dritën; por mos e pastë fare dhe mos paftë ditën që agon, |
| Cebuano | Pangitngita ang mga bitoon sa pagkasalumsom: Papangitaa kana sa kahayag, apan ayaw pagtunghai; Ni pagpatan-awon kana sa banag-banag sa kabuntagon: |
| Croatian | Pomrèale zvijezde njezina svanuæa, zaludu se ona vidjelu nadala, i zorinih vjeða ne gledala nigda! |
| Danish | dens Morgenstjerner formørkes, den bie forgæves på Lys, den skue ej Morgenrødens Øjenlåg, |
| Dutch | Dat de sterren van zijn schemertijd verduisterd worden; hij wachte naar het licht, en het worde niet; en hij zie niet de oogleden des dageraads! |
| Finnish | Pimentykööt sen kointähdet, odottakoon se valoa, joka ei tule, älköön se aamuruskon silmäripsiä nähkö, |
| French | Que les étoiles de son crépuscule s`obscurcissent, Qu`elle attende en vain la lumière, Et qu`elle ne voie point les paupières de l`aurore! |
| German | Ihre Sterne müssen finster sein in ihrer Dämmerung; sie hoffe aufs Licht, und es komme nicht, und müsse nicht sehen die Wimpern der Morgenröte, |
| Haitian Creole | Pa kite gwo zetwal devanjou a klere jou sa a. Pa janm fè bajou kase pou li, pou l' pa janm wè solèy leve. |
| Hungarian | Sötétüljenek el az õ estvéjének csillagai; várja a világosságot, de az ne legyen, és ne lássa a hajnalnak pirját! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | jangan sampai bintang kejora bersinar, jangan biarkan sinar fajar memancar! Biarlah malam itu percuma menunggu datangnya hari dan harapan yang baru. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Baiklah segala bintang terpadam pada fajarnya, biarlah ia menantikan siang maka tiada juga ia itu datang; sekali-kali jangan dipandangnya dinihari! |
| Italian | Si oscurino le stelle del suo crepuscolo, speri la luce e non venga; non veda schiudersi le palpebre dell'aurora, |
| Maori | Kia pouri nga whetu o tona kakarauritanga; kia tatari ki te marama, a kahore noa iho; kei kite hoki i te takiritanga ata. |
| Norwegian | Gid dens demrings stjerner må bli mørke! La den vente på lys, uten at det kommer! Måtte den aldri skue morgenrødens øielokk - |
| Portuguese | As estrelas da alva se lhe escureçam; espere ela em vão a luz, e não veja as pálpebras da manhã; |
| Rumanian | sq se kntunece stelele din amurgul ei, kn zqdar sq awtepte lumina, wi sq nu mai vadq genele zorilor zilei! |
| Russian | дБ ПНЕТЛОХФ ЪЧЕЪ"Щ ТБУУЧЕФБ ЕЕ: ХУФШ Ц"ЕФ ПОБ УЧЕФБ, Й ПО ОЕ ТЙИП"ЙФ, Й "Б ОЕ ХЧЙ"ЙФ ПОБ ТЕУОЙ" "ЕООЙ"Щ |
| Spanish | Oscurézcanse sus estrellas matutinas. Espere la luz, pero no le llegue, ni vea los destellos de la aurora; |
| Swedish | Må dess grynings stjärnor förmörkas, efter ljus må den bida, utan att det kommer, morgonrodnadens ögonbryn må den aldrig få se; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Dawning" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: danang, Da-nang, daning, Danino, dawing, Dawkin, Dawkings, dawnings, Downings, drawning, Dzwig, jawning, Qazwnin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dawning" (pronounced dô"ning) |
| 4 | -ô" n i ng | fawning, yawning. |
| 3 | -n i ng | apportioning, abstaining, abandoning, adjoining, adjourning, aligning, ascertaining, assigning, attaining, auctioning, auditioning, awakening, awning, ballooning, banning, bargaining, battening, beckoning, beginning, bemoaning, binning, blackening, bludgeoning, boning, branning, brightening, brining, broadening, Browning, burdening, burgeoning, burning, campaigning, caning, Canning, captioning, careening, cartooning, cautioning, chaining, championing, chaperoning, cheapening, christening, churning, cleaning, cloning, clowning, coarsening, cocooning, coining, combining, commissioning, complaining, concerning, conditioning, condoning, confining, conning, constraining, containing, convening, Corning, couponing, crooning, crowning, cunning, cushioning, dampening, darkening, deadening, deafening, declining, decommissioning, deepening, defining, demeaning, Denning, designing, detaining, determining, dining, Dinning, discerning, disciplining, disdaining, disheartening, disillusioning, divining, donning, Downing, draining, droning, drowning, Dunning, Durning, earning, enjoining, enlightening, entertaining, envisioning, evening, examining, explaining, fanning, fashioning, fastening, fattening, feigning, fining, finning, flattening, freshening, frightening, frowning, functioning, gaining, gardening, ginning, glistening, governing, greening, grinning, groaning, gunning, happening, hardening, hastening, headlining, heartening, heightening, honing, Horning, housecleaning, imagining, imprisoning, impugning, inning, intertwining, intervening, intoning, ironing, jawboning, jettisoning, joining, Kenning, leaning, learning, leavening, lengthening, lessening, lightening, lightning, likening, lining, listening, loaning, loosening, machining, maddening, maintaining, malfunctioning, Manning, margining, meaning, mentioning, midmorning, mining, moaning, morning, motioning, mourning, obtaining, opening, opining, ordaining, orphaning, outlining, overrunning, overtraining, overturning, owning, panning, pardoning, partitioning, penning, pertaining, petitioning, phoning, pining, pinning, planning, poisoning, positioning, postponing, preening, preplanning, provisioning, pruning, quarantining, questioning, quickening, raining, rationing, realigning, reasoning, reassigning, reawakening, reckoning, reclining, reconditioning, redefining, redesigning, redlining, reexamining, refining, refraining, regaining, reigning, reining, rejoining, relearning, remaining, reopening, repositioning, rerunning, resigning, restraining, retaining, retraining, returning, rezoning, ripening, ruining, running, saddening, sanctioning, scanning, screening, seasoning, sectioning, sharpening, shining, shortening, shunning, sickening, signing, sinning, siphoning, slackening, softening, spanning, spawning, spinning, spurning, staining, stationing, stiffening, stoning, straightening, straining, streamlining, strengthening, stunning, summoning, sunning, sustaining, sweetening, swooning, tanning, telephoning, thickening, thinning, threatening, tightening, toning, toughening, training, tuning, turning, twining, underlining, undermining, underpinning, unquestioning, unreasoning, vacationing, Vining, waning, warning, weakening, weaning, whining, whitening, widening, wining, winning, worsening, yearning, zoning. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-g-i-n-n-w" | |
-1 letter: awning, dawing, wading, waning. | |
-2 letters: awing, diwan, gnawn, wigan. | |
-3 letters: agin, dang, dawn, ding, gadi, gain, gnaw, wadi, wain, wand, wind, wing. | |
-4 letters: aid, ain, and, ani, awn, dag, daw, dig, din, gad, gan, gid, gin, inn, nag, nan, naw, wad, wag, wan, wig, win. | |
-5 letters: ad, ag, ai, an, aw, id, in, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-g-i-n-n-w" | |
+1 letter: awninged. | |
+2 letters: undrawing, wandering. | |
+3 letters: landowning, wanderings. | |
+4 letters: downgrading, downloading, downplaying, downscaling, handwringer, handwriting, landownings, sandwiching, unrewarding, windjamming, windlassing. | |
+5 letters: breadwinning, handwringers, handwringing, handwritings, snowboarding, windjammings, withstanding. | |
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