false dawn

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Definition of false dawn in English English dictionary

A thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain parts of the world

The moon was low down, and there was just the glimmer of the false dawn that comes about an hour before the real one.

Something engendering premature hope; a promising sign which in fact leads to nothing

As Congo nears the 50th anniversary of its independence from Belgium on June 30th, Mr Chebeya’s murky death suggests that 2006 was a false dawn.

a situation in which something good seems likely to happen, but it does not

Hyphenation

false Dawn

Turkish pronunciation

fôls dôn

Pronunciation

/ˈfôls ˈdôn/ /ˈfɔːls ˈdɔːn/

Etymology

() From false + dawn, translating Arabic صبح كاذب (SubH kaaDib).