sunrise

¹

[suhn-rahyz]

noun

1. the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.

2. the atmospheric and scenic phenomena accompanying this.

3. the time when half the sun has risen above the horizon.

4. the open or beginning stage of any period.

adjective

1. (of an industry, technology, etc.) new and growing; developing; emerging.

   high-technology sunrise industries.

Sunrise

²

[suhn-rahyz]

noun

1. a city in SE Florida.

sunrise

/ ˈsʌnˌraɪz /

noun

1. the daily appearance of the sun above the horizon

2. the atmospheric phenomena accompanying this appearance

3. Also called (esp US): sunup. the time at which the sun rises at a particular locality

4. (modifier) of or relating to sunrise industry

   sunrise technology

   sunrise sector

Word History and Origins

Origin of sunrise¹

1300–50; Middle English, short for sunrising ( sun, rise, -ing ¹ )

Example Sentences

A little more than a year later, standing on the Hawaiian volcano, Haleakala, we got engaged at sunrise.

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When the race began at 4, two hours before sunrise, we scurried off into the woods in tight single file.

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Darkness clings to the sky as thousands of bikers zoom across a dusty alkaline flat in search of a sunrise set, hoping to outpace the gash of periwinkle light bleeding over the horizon.

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Around sunrise, attendees saw rockets streaming through the sky above them.

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The earthquakes — which maxed out at magnitude 3.5 before sunrise Sunday — had an epicenter in the San Bernardino Mountains about four miles north of Big Bear Airport.

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