sunrise
1 Americannoun
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sunrises
plural
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the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
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the atmospheric and scenic phenomena accompanying this.
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the time when half the sun has risen above the horizon.
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the open or beginning stage of any period.
adjective
noun
noun
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the daily appearance of the sun above the horizon
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the atmospheric phenomena accompanying this appearance
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Also called (esp US): sunup. the time at which the sun rises at a particular locality
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(modifier) of or relating to sunrise industry
sunrise technology
sunrise sector
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of sunrise
1300–50; Middle English, short for sunrising ( see sun, rise, -ing 1)
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“From its elevated vantage point, the Pacific becomes an ever-changing backdrop, glowing at sunrise, sparkling throughout the day, and transforming beneath spectacular sunsets,” the description continues.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
All four planets will be above the horizon before sunrise, although some will be easier to spot than others.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
As we rode into the sunrise between cornfields, we began encountering riders we would see often—mostly passing us—on road bikes, folding bikes, recumbents, fixies, e-bikes, tandems, clunkers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
“I like to joke that if we stood barefoot in a stream in a forest while looking at the sunrise, you would get a lot of the same benefits as the BioCharger,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The edge of the hallway light rolled up the bedspread like some little sunrise.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
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He co-founded Sunrise Movement, a youth climate-change initiative a decade ago.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
“We think Sunrise has a very differentiated approach,” Packard said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The Sunrise Strip will house the Creamfields Gymnasium and, for the first time, there will be two padel courts.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Qantas's "Project Sunrise" using ultra long-haul planes has been on the cards for the past nine years -- but has been repeatedly delayed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
After that Sunrise Prayer, my guide accompanied me back up to the fourth tier.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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People on other continents watch in trepidation under vivid, red-orange sunrises and sunsets.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Other parts of the country would also see sunrises in the winter that would have children who start school at 8 a.m. possibly going to campus in the dark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
There could be some colorful sunsets and sunrises, said meteorologist Lamont Bain of the weather service’s Monterey office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
He once dredged up 17 rings in a single day by sweeping the ocean bottom in a spot where tourists, well into their tequila sunrises, routinely launch themselves off catamarans, their fingers slick with sunscreen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
The ice acts like a mirror and the world seems to have two sunrises and at night two moons, one in the sky and one on the ice.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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