Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive, uncommon)To phase in.

  2. (idiomatic, intransitive, rare)To awake.

  3. (idiomatic, rare, transitive)To cheer up, brighten, or illuminate.

Examples

148 sentences
  1. What time is sunrise?

    О котрій схід сонця? — triantafillou

    ruВо сколько восход солнца? — marafon

    deWann geht die Sonne auf? — raggione

  2. I saw the sunrise.

    Я бачив схід сонця. — deniko

    ruЯ видел восход солнца. — odexed

    deIch habe den Sonnenaufgang gesehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I woke up at sunrise.

    Я прокинувся на світанку. — deniko

    ruЯ проснулся на рассвете. — odexed

    deIch wachte bei Sonnenaufgang auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I want you gone by sunrise.

    deIch will, dass du bei Sonnenaufgang verschwunden bist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom often gets here before sunrise.

Origin

From Middle English sonne-rys, sunne ryse, equivalent to sun + rise. Compare Middle Englis

From Middle English sonne-rys, sunne ryse, equivalent to sun + rise. Compare Middle English son risyng, sunne rijsyng, sonne-rysing (“sunrise”, literally “sun rising”).

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Forms

sunrises, sunrising, sunrised, sunrised
Base formsunrise · to sunrise
3rd person singularsunrises
Present participlesunrising
Past simplesunrised
Past participlesunrised

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysunrise
he, she, itsunrises

Past simpleLesson

all personssunrised

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sunrised
he, she, ithas sunrised

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sunrise

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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