Translations for „dawn“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

I . dawn [dɔ:n, Am dɑ:n] N usu no pl

1. dawn (daybreak):

dawn

świt m

dawn breaks

świta

at [the break of] dawn

o świcie

from dawn to dusk

od świtu do zmierzchu

2. dawn fig (beginning):

dawn

początek m

dawn of civilization

zaranie nt

since the dawn of time

od zarania dziejów

II . dawn [dɔ:n, Am dɑ:n] VB intr

1. dawn (start):

dawn day

świtać [perf za-]

2. dawn fig age, era:

dawn

rozpoczynać [perf rozpocząć] się

3. dawn (become apparent):

it dawned on me that...

zaświtało mi w głowie, że...

Usage examples with dawn

dawn breaks

świta

from dawn to dusk

od świtu do zmierzchu

[the] dawn is breaking

właśnie świta

at [the break of] dawn

o świcie

since the dawn of time

od zarania dziejów

at the crack of dawn

skoro świt

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Dawn approaches, and the old maid elf wants to close the shutters.

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Obscure mealybugs generally mate at dusk and at dawn.

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Before dawn the following morning, she encountered and destroyed a heavily laden, but abandoned, enemy landing barge.

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By dawn, his beleaguered platoon still held their position.

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If they needed to see him, they did so between midnight and dawn.

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In the nailery, from dawn to dusk, 12 boys stood around open fires heading nails with heavy hammers.

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Dawn redwoods were far more extensive as well.

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Then follows in sequence: the dance of the hours of dawn, the hours of day, the hours of the night and the morning.

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Intermittent bursts of activity follow through the night hours until dawn, when hunting most often takes place.

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The first school magazine was edited and published to hail the dawn of progress.

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