daybreak

noun

day·​break ˈdā-ˌbrāk How to pronounce daybreak (audio)
: dawn

Examples of daybreak in a Sentence

I always seem to wake up at daybreak, regardless of what the clock says.
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If [Day break] were referring to the dawn, the clue would have been one word: daybreak. Deb Amlen, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 The Gregorio brothers had just begun their daybreak commute to work assembling wooden pallets in late January when federal officers in SUVs pulled them over in a Chicago suburb. Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2025 This snow tapers off during the early morning hours, but there still could be a few lingering snow showers around daybreak Sunday. Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2025 This directs the viewer’s gaze toward an unforgiving horizon, though just beyond its edge—daybreak. Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for daybreak

Word History

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of daybreak was in 1530

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“Daybreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daybreak. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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daybreak

noun
day·​break -ˌbrāk How to pronounce daybreak (audio)

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