Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
The time when light first appears in the morning; dawn, especially the start of dawn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The first use of a telescope or other instrument to capture an astronomical image.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the first light of day
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hour, time of day
History
No etymology was provided for this word.
