Usually means: Time just before sunrise begins.
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  1. predawn: Merriam-Webster
  2. predawn: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. predawn: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. predawn: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Predawn, predawn: Wordnik
  6. predawn: Wiktionary
  7. predawn: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. predawn: Dictionary.com
  9. predawn: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (predawn)

▸ noun:  The period immediately preceding dawn.
▸ adjective:  Before dawn.

Similar:
foredawn, predusk, dawn, morning, beginning of day, predarkness, crack of dawn, break of dawn, early morning, dawntime, more...

Opposite:
dusk, twilight

Types:
twilight, dawn, dusk, more...

Phrases:
predawn raid, more...

Adjectives:
early, late, cold, gray, dark, chill, dim, black, murky, chilly, cool



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Similar:
foredawn, predusk, dawn, morning, beginning of day, predarkness, crack of dawn, break of dawn, early morning, dawntime, more...

Opposite:
dusk, twilight

Types:
twilight, dawn, dusk, more...

Phrases:
predawn raid, more...

Adjectives:
early, late, cold, gray, dark, chill, dim, black, murky, chilly, cool



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