sunrise
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 →
2) A sunrise is the colours and light in the sky when the sun comes up. tree →
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 →
- The farmer works from sunrise to sunset. tree →
- The sun rises in the east. tree →
- The sunrise turned the sky pink and orange. tree →
- Sunrise is later in winter than in summer. tree →
- The birds start singing before sunrise. tree →
- If sunrise is at 6:30 and sunset is at 7:30 in the evening, there are 13 hours of daylight. tree →
- We left the campsite at sunrise. tree →
- He reached the palace at sunrise. tree →
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.
- Mercury spins very slowly, so one sunrise to the next takes about 176 Earth days, two of its years.
- On Mercury one sunrise to the next takes about 176 Earth days, which is two of its 88-day years.
- The line between the lit half and the dark half moves around the Earth as it spins, bringing sunrise and sunset.
- Sunrise is your side turning towards the Sun; sunset is your side turning away.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sunrise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.