first light

Speech parts

1. first light - Noun

2. first light - Phrase

Meaning

the first light of day

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

dawn dayspring daybreak cockcrow break of day aurora sunrise sunup morning dawning break of the day morn bright daytime daylight
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Antonyms

eve twilight eventide even vespers dark
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Hypernyms

hour time of day

Examples

Light the first light of evening, as in a room In which we rest and, for small reason, think The world imagined is the ultimate good. Wallace Stevens

When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one to disturb you and it is cool or cold and you come to your work and warm as you write. Ernest Hemingway

It was as if I had waited all this time for this moment and for the first light of this dawn to be vindicated. Albert Camus

The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa. John Henrik Clarke

Autumn nights, it seems, are long by repute alone: scarcely had we met when morning's first light appeared, leaving everything unsaid. Ono no Komachi

we got up before dawn Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

first light

Close letter words and terms

first leg first level first lieutenant first light fanatic first line of seats first look media