sunup

C2+ Topic:Time

Also spelled sun-up

US /ˈsʌnʌp/ UK /ˈsʌnʌp/ See IPA manual

noun

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1

noun
the time in the morning when the sun appears; sunrise

The farmhands were already in the fields by sunup.

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1 noun · the time in the morning... sunrise dawn daybreak dawning cockcrow aurora

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sundown sunset dusk nightfall

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Related forms sun

Etymology

A compound of sun (Old English sunne) and up (Old English upp), an American English formation of the early 19th century denoting the sun's rising.

sunne Old English upp Old English

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# sunup

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈsʌnʌp
**IPA (UK):** ˈsʌnʌp

## Meanings
1. the time in the morning when the sun appears; sunrise

## Examples
- The farmhands were already in the fields by sunup.

## Synonyms
- sunrise
- dawn
- daybreak
- dawning
- cockcrow
- aurora

## Antonyms
- sundown
- sunset
- dusk
- nightfall

## Related Forms
- sun

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sunne
- Root: upp

## Etymology
A compound of sun (Old English sunne) and up (Old English upp), an American English formation of the early 19th century denoting the sun's rising.

## AI Etymology
Sunup is a compound of sun (Old English sunne) and up (Old English upp), an American English formation of the early 19th century denoting the sun's rising. Important recorded forms include sunne (Old English) and upp (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers the time in the morning when the sun appears; sunrise. The wider family includes related words such as sun.

## Topics
- Time

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