tan — meaning in English

English meaning

• dawn noun The time of day when light first appears in the sky before the sun rises.
• twilight noun The soft, dim light in the sky just before sunrise or, more commonly, just after sunset.

Senses

tan is used for these senses in English:

• dawn (uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
• dawn (intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
• twilight The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

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.

twilight — full definition

1. noun The soft, dim light in the sky just before sunrise or, more commonly, just after sunset.
2. noun A fading or declining stage of something.
3. adj Dim, faint, or suggestive of twilight.

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