SUNRISE

sunrise

(adjective) of an industry or technology; new and developing; “high-technology sunrise industries”

sunrise

(noun) the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon

sunrise

(noun) atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sun

dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow

(noun) the first light of day; “we got up before dawn”; “they talked until morning”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

sunrise (countable and uncountable, plural sunrises)

The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

Synonyms: sunup, crack of dawn, dawn, sparrow-fart (slang), Thesaurus:dawn

Antonyms: sunset, Thesaurus:dusk

Coordinate term: moonrise

The change in color of the sky at dawn.

(figuratively) Any great awakening.

Anagrams

• Sunseri, insures, nursies, ursines

Source: Wiktionary

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Sun"rise`, Sun"ris`ing, n.

1. The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; more generally, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather; as, to begin work at sunrise. "The tide of sunrise swells." Keble.

2. Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east. Which were beyond Jordan toward the sunrising. Deut. iv. 47 (Rev. Ver.) Full hot and fast the Saxon rides, with rein of travel slack, And, bending o'ev his saddle, leaves the sunrise at his back. Whittier.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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