The first light visible in the solar sky before sunrise or the time of that appearance.
Dawn is synonymous with "daybreak" and the beginning of morning twilight. Twilight is not an antonym of "dawn," although dusk is used this way in nontechnical language.
The first light visible in the solar sky before sunrise or the time of that appearance.
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