aurora — meaning in English

English meaning

• aurora noun A natural display of shifting coloured lights in the night sky near the polar regions, caused by charged particles from the sun.
• dawn noun The time of day when light first appears in the sky before the sun rises.
• sunrise noun The moment the sun comes up over the horizon in the morning.

Senses

aurora is used for these senses in English:

• dawn (countable) The rising of the sun.
• sunrise The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
• sunrise The change in color of the sky at dawn.
• sunrise (figuratively) Any great awakening.

aurora — full definition

1. noun A natural display of shifting coloured lights in the night sky near the polar regions, caused by charged particles from the sun.
2. noun Literary term for the first light of dawn.

dawn — full definition

1. noun The time of day when light first appears in the sky before the sun rises.
2. verb To begin to become clear or obvious to someone, often suddenly.

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