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sun⋅rise

  [suhn-rahyz]
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–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
5. (of an industry, technology, etc.) new and growing; developing; emerging: high-technology sunrise industries.
Origin:
1300–50; ME, short for sunrising (see sun, rise, -ing 1 )

Sun⋅rise

  [suhn-rahyz]
–noun
a city in SE Florida. 39,681.
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sun·rise   (sŭn'rīz')   
n.  
  1. The event or time of the daily first appearance of the sun above the eastern horizon.
  2. An outset or emergence: the sunrise of classical art and sculpture.
Sun·rise   (sŭn'rīz')   
A city of southeast Florida east of Fort Lauderdale. It is a commercial hub and retirement community. Population: 90,800.
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Sunrise

Sun"rise`\, Sunrising \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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : sunrise
Spanish: salida del sol, alba, amanecer,
German: der Sonnenaufgang,
Japanese: 日の出
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