daybreak
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- noun
- /ˈdeɪˌbreɪk/
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- The rain ended, and by daybreak the summer heat was back, steamy and thick.
- only shortly past daybreak
I rise into a Daybreak miraculously clear.
- I rise into a Daybreak miraculously clear.
Examples
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Next morning, I woke up at daybreak to watch the sun rising.
Fiction book (1990) -
The space is especially peaceful at daybreak, when the air is filled with birdsong.
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We had better stay here until daybreak to see where we are.
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I would start out at daybreak before the rest of the family was up.
Fiction book (1994) -
I suggest we start at daybreak.
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I'll wake you at daybreak.
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If we're in at daybreak, we'll have a chance of catching something.
Fiction book (1999) -
We slept there and only returned at daybreak to cultivate our fields.
Academic text (2005) -
I have been hiking since just after daybreak, passing under snow-covered peaks and ascending nearly a mile in elevation.
Academic text (2007) -
Yes, if we leave by daybreak, we should be able to get there by midday.
Synonyms
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The first light in the sky before the sun rises
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The time in the morning when the sun comes up and day begins
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The time in the morning when the sky starts to get bright
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Very early in the morning when the sun first appears
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The time when the first light appears in the morning
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The time in the morning when the sun first appears above the horizon
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The first light of morning when the sun rises
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The early part of the morning when people begin daily activities
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The time very early in the morning when light first appears
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The first light of morning when the sun begins to appear
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First light in the morning when the sky begins to get bright
The first light of day when the sky begins to brighten
Soft pale light that appears in the sky just before sunrise
Very early morning when the first light comes
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Daybreak comes from the simple parts day and break, imagining the night being 'broken' by the first light. So daybreak is the moment in the early morning when the darkness breaks and light first appears.