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sunrise
(sʌnraɪz)
Word forms: plural sunrises
1. uncountable noun
Sunrise is the time in the morning when the sun first appears in the sky.
The rain began before sunrise.
Synonyms: dawn, daybreak, break of day, daylight More Synonyms of sunrise
2. countable noun
A sunrise is the colours and light that you see in the eastern part of the sky when the sun first appears.
There was a spectacular sunrise yesterday.
sunrise in British English
(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
sunrise in American English
(ˈsʌnˌraɪz)
noun
1.
the daily appearance of the sun above the eastern horizon
2.
the varying time of this
3.
the atmospheric phenomena at this time
adjective
4.
designating an industry that is growing rapidly, esp. one that is still in an early stage of development
Word origin
sun1 + rise, v., prob. in such phrases as before the sun riseImage ofsunrise
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British English: sunrise /ˈsʌnˌraɪz/ NOUN
Sunrise is the time in the morning when the sun first appears.
The rain began before sunrise.
- American English: sunrise
- Arabic: شُروقُ الشَّمْس
- Brazilian Portuguese: nascer do sol
- Chinese: 日出
- Croatian: izlazak sunca
- Czech: východ slunce
- Danish: solopgang
- Dutch: zonsopgang
- European Spanish: amanecer
- Finnish: auringonnousu
- French: lever du soleil
- German: Sonnenaufgang
- Greek: ανατολή του ηλίου
- Italian: alba
- Japanese: 日の出
- Korean: 일출
- Norwegian: soloppgang
- Polish: wschód słońca
- European Portuguese: nascer do sol
- Romanian: răsărit de soare
- Russian: восход солнца
- Latin American Spanish: amanecer
- Swedish: soluppgång
- Thai: พระอาทิตย์ขึ้น
- Turkish: gün doğuşu
- Ukrainian: схід сонця
- Vietnamese: bình minh
Chinese translation of 'sunrise'
sunrise
(ˈsʌnraɪz)
n
- (u) (= time)
拂晓(曉)
(fúxiǎo) - (c) (= sky)
日出
(rìchū)at sunrise拂晓(曉)时(時)分
(fúxiǎo shífēn)
(noun)
Definition
the time at which the sun rises
The rain began towards sunrise.
Synonyms
dawn
She woke at dawn.
daybreak
He got up every morning before daybreak.
break of day
daylight
He returned shortly after daylight.
aurora (poetic)
sunup
cockcrow
dayspring (poetic)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of daybreak
Definition
the time in the morning when light first appears
He got up every morning before daybreak.
Synonyms
dawn,
morning,
sunrise,
first light,
crack of dawn,
break of day,
sunup,
cockcrow,
dayspring (poetic)
in the sense of daylight
Definition
daybreak
He returned shortly after daylight.
Synonyms
dawn,
dawning,
sunrise,
aurora (poetic),
daybreak,
crack of dawn,
sunup,
cockcrow,
dayspring (poetic)
Synonyms of 'sunrise'
sunrise
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