# sunrise

Pronunciation: say "SUN-ryz" /ˈsʌnɹaɪz/

## Noun

1. The time each morning at which the sun first becomes visible above the eastern horizon.
   - Simple: The early moment in the morning when the sun first comes up over the horizon.
   - _The marathon began at sunrise, when the air was still cool._
   - _Fishermen set out from the dock well before sunrise each day._
2. The shift in the sky's colors that occurs at dawn.
   - Simple: The slow change of colors in the sky as morning begins.
   - _A brilliant sunrise spread crimson and gold across the horizon._
   - _The painting captured a sunrise in delicate shades of rose and amber._
3. A great awakening: the figurative dawn of a new and hopeful period.
   - Simple: A great new beginning, when something important starts to grow or get better.
   - _Independence marked a sunrise for the young republic._
   - _The breakthrough promised a sunrise in medical research._

## Verb

4. To phase in; to introduce a policy, system, or product gradually into operation. *(rare)*
   - Simple: To slowly bring a new rule or product into use over time.
   - _The agency decided to sunrise the regulation over a three-year period._
   - _Managers chose to sunrise the new pricing model one region at a time._

## Origin

From Middle English sonne-rys or sunne ryse, formed from sun plus rise, literally meaning the sun rising.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/sunrise (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).