sunrise
noun/ˈsʌnraɪz/
/ˈsʌnraɪz/
- [uncountable] the time when the sun first appears in the sky in the morning
- at sunrise We got up at sunrise.
- We left before sunrise.
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- [countable, usually singular] the colours in the part of the sky where the sun first appears in the morning
- the pinks and yellows of the sunrise
- They looked out at the silvery yellow of the highland sunrise.
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