1. predawn - Noun
2. predawn - Adjective
predawn (countable and uncountable, plural predawns)
The period immediately preceding dawn.
predawn (not comparable)
Before dawn.
Quintin McCracken of Hemet was located and taken into custody without incident during the predawn hours in San Bernardino and later transferred to the Hemet City Jail. Source: Internet
After dinner, the family will go to bed late, then rise early for the predawn meal, called in Urdu. Source: Internet
Carrying guns and grenades they stormed a base in Uri, close to the Line of Control with Pakistan in a predawn ambush. Source: Internet
LONDON — The United States, in coordination with France and Britain, carried out a series of predawn airstrikes on Saturday in Syria in response to what it said was a chemical weapons attack this month in the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Douma. Source: Internet
Federal immigration agents stormed 98 7-Eleven convenience stores in 17 states in a predawn raid, arresting 21 undocumented workers and demanding records from owners and managers. Source: Internet
The Ogaden National Liberation Front, a separatist rebel group which is fighting for the independence of ethnic Somalis in Ethiopia's eastern Ogaden region, has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's predawn raid. Source: Internet