Synonyms for daybreak


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dey-breyk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdeɪˌbreɪk

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Définition of daybreak

Origin :
  • 1520s, from day + break (n.).
  • noun beginning of light hours
Example sentences :
  • One morning at daybreak I was awakened by Jim swinging back my door.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • At daybreak they were in the entrance of the Straits, but the enemy were not in sight.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • Proclaim at daybreak that I myself will review the troops in the Vivarrambla.
  • Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The baron, with some of his retainers and all the foresters, halted at daybreak in Sherwood forest.
  • Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock
  • I go out at daybreak, driving the oxen to field, and I yoke them to the plough.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • Have them ready by to-morrow at daybreak, when the messenger may start.'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "Let a search be made at daybreak to-morrow morning," exclaimed Mr. Dunbar.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • On the 30th of January, at daybreak, the 1st Division again advanced.
  • Extract from : « The History of the First West India Regiment » by A. B. Ellis
  • Next morning, the 9th, at daybreak, the troops advanced in two columns.
  • Extract from : « The History of the First West India Regiment » by A. B. Ellis
  • At daybreak on March 20, 1915, the brigade reached the German position.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

Antonyms for daybreak

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