Sunrise
noun
The time in the morning when the sun appears or when daylight begins.
She was up before sunrise to start her journey.
Often appears as...
- watch the sunrise
- sunrise time
noun
A change to a better condition or more advanced state.
The company has seen a sunrise in profits this year.
Often appears as...
- economic sunrise
- technological sunrise
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Business
adjective
Pertaining to, taking place in, or relating to the early morning.
A sunrise walk is a healthy habit.
Often appears as...
- sunrise stroll
- sunrise run
noun
The start of a period of time during which particular regulations apply.
The sunrise phase of the new policy begins next month.
Often appears as...
- sunrise clause
- sunrise period
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
The time in the morning when the sun appears or when daylight begins.
She was up before sunrise to start her journey.
Often appears as...
- watch the sunrise
- sunrise time
noun
A change to a better condition or more advanced state.
The company has seen a sunrise in profits this year.
Often appears as...
- economic sunrise
- technological sunrise
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Business
adjective
Pertaining to, taking place in, or relating to the early morning.
A sunrise walk is a healthy habit.
Often appears as...
- sunrise stroll
- sunrise run
noun
The start of a period of time during which particular regulations apply.
The sunrise phase of the new policy begins next month.
Often appears as...
- sunrise clause
- sunrise period
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Think of 'sunrise' as a visual cue for the colors and light spreading across the sky.
Artists often capture the beautiful colors of sunrise in their paintings.
Pro Tip 2/3New Beginnings
'Sunrise' can symbolize a fresh start or new opportunities, much like the start of a day.
After a tough year, he saw the new job as a sunrise.
Pro Tip 3/3Time-Specific
Use 'sunrise' to specify the time of events planned at dawn, not just any morning time.
Let's meet at sunrise to start our hike.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Think of 'sunrise' as a visual cue for the colors and light spreading across the sky.
Artists often capture the beautiful colors of sunrise in their paintings.
Pro Tip 2/3New Beginnings
'Sunrise' can symbolize a fresh start or new opportunities, much like the start of a day.
After a tough year, he saw the new job as a sunrise.
Pro Tip 3/3Time-Specific
Use 'sunrise' to specify the time of events planned at dawn, not just any morning time.
Let's meet at sunrise to start our hike.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Think of 'sunrise' as a visual cue for the colors and light spreading across the sky.
Artists often capture the beautiful colors of sunrise in their paintings.
Pro Tip 2/3New Beginnings
'Sunrise' can symbolize a fresh start or new opportunities, much like the start of a day.
After a tough year, he saw the new job as a sunrise.
Pro Tip 3/3Time-Specific
Use 'sunrise' to specify the time of events planned at dawn, not just any morning time.
Let's meet at sunrise to start our hike.
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Can you solve the...
have been showing up all over the city for the past week. All of Digitopolis is on lockdown from sundown to sunrise, and it’s still not enough to stop what can only be described as a vampiric feeding frenzy. The police are helpless, and have turned to you.
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Before You Visit Angkor...
Angkor today the entire city is a unesco world heritage site but Angkor Wat remains the most well known and largest of all the anchor temples this site can often be found on travel must-see lists and no time of day is more impressive than sunrise getting
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Can you solve the...
Otherwise, depart again, continuing until the next lit candle, testing if it’s your starting one and so on. This will work... eventually. But if the giant isn’t young, and many candles are on, you might have a marathon to run between now and sunrise.
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You owe it to yourself...
I'd seen blue skies and grey skies and starry skies and angry skies and pink skies at sunrise. But here was a sky I had never seen. First, there were the colors. Up above, it was a deep purple-grey,
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A Collection Of Spring...
and got to the edge of the slow clearing and there were three or four others there it was into this big black fan thing it's like a black sunrise it's one of the most extraordinary things in nature
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What I learned from...
like a self-propelled art gallery of fantastic, constantly changing beauty that is the world itself. And you see, because of the speed, a sunrise or a sunset every 45 minutes for half a year.
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Taking Landscape Photos...
i think that so far my voice has probably been more landscape and wildlife photography a sunset or a sunrise vibrant colors that's probably what a nina photograph looks like in this contest
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The Mummy's Curse PIPE Lost...
Ib was the heart, the seat of your soul, the good force in your life. Sheut was the shadow, an image of yourself that was reborn every day at sunrise. Ba was the unique personality.
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The incredible...
Zarya, meaning sunrise, was equipped with two solar panels and a propulsion system that had the important task of keeping the young station from crashing into the Earth
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Nature is the...
I just really wanted to see that sunrise again so most of us actually have mornings that are more like this we're out of five of us in the developed world
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Can you solve the...
have been showing up all over the city for the past week. All of Digitopolis is on lockdown from sundown to sunrise, and it’s still not enough to stop what can only be described as a vampiric feeding frenzy. The police are helpless, and have turned to you.
Video examples
Before You Visit Angkor...
Angkor today the entire city is a unesco world heritage site but Angkor Wat remains the most well known and largest of all the anchor temples this site can often be found on travel must-see lists and no time of day is more impressive than sunrise getting
Video examples
Can you solve the...
Otherwise, depart again, continuing until the next lit candle, testing if it’s your starting one and so on. This will work... eventually. But if the giant isn’t young, and many candles are on, you might have a marathon to run between now and sunrise.
Video examples
You owe it to yourself...
I'd seen blue skies and grey skies and starry skies and angry skies and pink skies at sunrise. But here was a sky I had never seen. First, there were the colors. Up above, it was a deep purple-grey,
Video examples
A Collection Of Spring...
and got to the edge of the slow clearing and there were three or four others there it was into this big black fan thing it's like a black sunrise it's one of the most extraordinary things in nature
Video examples
What I learned from...
like a self-propelled art gallery of fantastic, constantly changing beauty that is the world itself. And you see, because of the speed, a sunrise or a sunset every 45 minutes for half a year.
Video examples
Taking Landscape Photos...
i think that so far my voice has probably been more landscape and wildlife photography a sunset or a sunrise vibrant colors that's probably what a nina photograph looks like in this contest
Video examples
The Mummy's Curse PIPE Lost...
Ib was the heart, the seat of your soul, the good force in your life. Sheut was the shadow, an image of yourself that was reborn every day at sunrise. Ba was the unique personality.
Video examples
The incredible...
Zarya, meaning sunrise, was equipped with two solar panels and a propulsion system that had the important task of keeping the young station from crashing into the Earth
Video examples
Nature is the...
I just really wanted to see that sunrise again so most of us actually have mornings that are more like this we're out of five of us in the developed world
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Quote examples
Ravi Shankar
Indian Musician
There are thousands of ragas, and they are all connected with different times of the day, like sunrise or night or sunset. It is all based on 72 of what we call 'mela' or scales. And we have principally nine moods, ranging from peacefulness to praying, or the feeling of emptiness you get by sitting by the ocean.
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Donald Miller
American Author
Christians might say that you can't live a more meaningful life without Jesus. Well, that's absolutely not true. You can. You can enjoy a sunrise whether you know Jesus or not.
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Horace Mann
American Educator
Lost - yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.
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Kushal Pal Singh
Indian Businessman
Urban development in India... will be the biggest sunrise industry that any country has seen in any part of the world.
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Katarina Witt
German Athlete
I want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.
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Ezra Furman
American Musician
If I can see the sunrise - and I usually don't - I like to. I'm a big fan of the sun.
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Vladimir Nabokov
American Novelist
Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.
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William Arthur Ward
American Writer
Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
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Manisha Koirala
Nepalese Actress
I love watching the sunrise and sunset and the sky, the birds.
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Carlos Santana
Mexican Musician
There's never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
Quote examples
Ravi Shankar
Indian Musician
There are thousands of ragas, and they are all connected with different times of the day, like sunrise or night or sunset. It is all based on 72 of what we call 'mela' or scales. And we have principally nine moods, ranging from peacefulness to praying, or the feeling of emptiness you get by sitting by the ocean.
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Donald Miller
American Author
Christians might say that you can't live a more meaningful life without Jesus. Well, that's absolutely not true. You can. You can enjoy a sunrise whether you know Jesus or not.
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Horace Mann
American Educator
Lost - yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.
Quote examples
Kushal Pal Singh
Indian Businessman
Urban development in India... will be the biggest sunrise industry that any country has seen in any part of the world.
Quote examples
Katarina Witt
German Athlete
I want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.
Quote examples
Ezra Furman
American Musician
If I can see the sunrise - and I usually don't - I like to. I'm a big fan of the sun.
Quote examples
Vladimir Nabokov
American Novelist
Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.
Quote examples
William Arthur Ward
American Writer
Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
Quote examples
Manisha Koirala
Nepalese Actress
I love watching the sunrise and sunset and the sky, the birds.
Quote examples
Carlos Santana
Mexican Musician
There's never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
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