predawn

Speech parts

1. predawn - Noun

2. predawn - Adjective

Meaning

predawn (countable and uncountable, plural predawns)

The period immediately preceding dawn.

predawn (not comparable)

Before dawn.

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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

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