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# sunrise

«sunrise» in Mova's school dictionary: **the time in the morning when the sun first appears above…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sunrise, sunrises; sunrise)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sunrise is the time in the morning when the sun first appears above the horizon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#m1)

2) A sunrise is the colours and light in the sky when the sun comes up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, sunrise happens because the Earth spins, not because the sun moves round the Earth; the sun rises in the east. In geography and maths, sunrise times change through the year: earlier in summer and later in winter. In stories, sunrise often means a new start or hope. Phrases: «at sunrise», «from sunrise to sunset», «watch the sunrise».

### examples

- We got up early to watch the sunrise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x1)
- The farmer works from sunrise to sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x2)
- The sun rises in the east. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x3)
- The sunrise turned the sky pink and orange. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x4)
- Sunrise is later in winter than in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x5)
- The birds start singing before sunrise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x6)
- If sunrise is at 6:30 and sunset is at 7:30 in the evening, there are 13 hours of daylight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x7)
- We left the campsite at sunrise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x8)
- He reached the palace at sunrise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/#x9)

### note

Countable for the picture in the sky (a beautiful sunrise), uncountable for the time (at sunrise). Opposite: sunset. Myth: the sun does not really go round the Earth; the Earth turning makes it look as if it rises. Safety: never look straight at the sun, even at sunrise.

### In the corpora

- [The stones of Stonehenge line up with the sunrise in midsummer and the sunset in midwinter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/2-the-first-farms-and-towns/16/)
- [Mercury spins very slowly, so one sunrise to the next takes about 176 Earth days, two of its years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/3-mercury/8/)
- [On Mercury one sunrise to the next takes about 176 Earth days, which is two of its 88-day years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/31-olympiad-planet-puzzles/9/)
- [The line between the lit half and the dark half moves around the Earth as it spins, bringing sunrise and sunset.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/1-day-and-night/14/)
- [Sunrise is your side turning towards the Sun; sunset is your side turning away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sunrise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunrise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.