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sunrise

sun·rise
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suhn-rahyz]
    • /ˈsʌnˌraɪz/
    • /ˈsʌn.raɪz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suhn-rahyz]
    • /ˈsʌnˌraɪz/

Definitions of sunrise word

  • noun sunrise a city in SE Florida. 1
  • adjective sunrise (of an industry, technology, etc.) new and growing; developing; emerging: high-technology sunrise industries. 1
  • noun sunrise time 1
  • noun sunrise event 1
  • uncountable noun sunrise Sunrise is the time in the morning when the sun first appears in the sky. 0
  • countable noun sunrise A sunrise is the colours and light that you see in the eastern part of the sky when the sun first appears. 0

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Origin of sunrise

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English, short for sunrising (see sun, rise, -ing1)

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Sunrise

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sunrise popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

sunrise usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sunrise

noun sunrise

  • ams — Additional Member System: a voting system in which some candidates are elected for geographic constituencies and others are elected by proportional representation using party lists. The voter has two votes: one for a party and the other for a candidate in a constituency
  • ante meridiem — before noon
  • aubade — a song or poem appropriate to or greeting the dawn
  • break of day — dawn; daybreak.
  • brights — the high beam of the headlights of a motor vehicle

Antonyms for sunrise

noun sunrise

  • afterglow — The afterglow is the glow that remains after a light has gone, for example after the sun has gone down.
  • afterlight — the light visible in the sky after sunset; afterglow.
  • crepuscule — twilight; dusk
  • dusk — the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
  • duskiness — somewhat dark; having little light; dim; shadowy.

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