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English

Etymology

In the Coverdale Bible in 1535, in Genesis and Exodus about 1250 as sunnesine.XHTML::MediaWiki::Parser=HASH(0x8920b84)Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988XHTML::MediaWiki::Parser=HASH(0x8920b84) Compound of sun + shine.

Pronunciation

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Noun

The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.XHTML::MediaWiki::Parser=HASH(0x8920b84)Webster's College Dictionary, Random House, 2001XHTML::MediaWiki::Parser=HASH(0x8920b84)
:We were warmed by the bright sunshine.
A location on which the sun's rays fall.XHTML::MediaWiki::Parser=HASH(0x8920b84)
:We moved out of the shade and into the sunshine.
geniality or cheerfulness.XHTML::MediaWiki::Parser=HASH(0x8920b84)
:I enjoyed the sunshine of her smile.
A source of cheerfulness or joy.XHTML::MediaWiki::Parser=HASH(0x8920b84)
The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.XHTML::MediaWiki::Parser=HASH(0x8920b84)

Translations

Danish: solskin
Finnish: auringonpaiste
German: Sonnenschein
Italian: luce del sole

Korean: 햇빛 (haetbit) (for sunlight), 햇볕 (haetbyeot) (for warmth)
Spanish: luz del sol
Telugu: ఎండ (eMDa), సూర్యరశ్మి (sUryaraSmi)

Synonyms

(light from the sun): sunlight

Derived terms

Related terms

sunbeam

Adjective

sunshine

{{context|mostly|_|US}} Open to and permitting public access, especially with regard to activities that were previously closed-door or back-room meetings.
:Because of the sunshine law, we could go to the planning meeting.

Translations

References

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Category:Emotions Category:Light

de:sunshine fr:sunshine hu:sunshine ja:sunshine fi:sunshine ta:sunshine vi:sunshine

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sunshine \Sun"shine`\, n.
1. The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the
direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the
warmth and light which they give.
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But all sunshine, as when his beams at noon
Culminate from the equator. --Milton.
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2. Anything which has a warming and cheering influence like
that of the rays of the sun; warmth; illumination;
brightness.
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That man that sits within a monarch's heart,
And ripens in the sunshine of his favor. --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sunshine \Sun"shine`\, a.
Sunshiny; bright. --Shak. "Sunshine hours." --Keble.
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WordNet sunshine
n 1: the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun
and wind" [syn: sunlight, sun]
2: moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities [syn: {fair
weather}, temperateness]

Moby Dictionary
Saturnia regna , Saturnian age , age of Aquarius , beatification ,
beatitude , bewitchment , blessedness , bliss , blissfulness ,
broad day , cheer , cheerfulness , clarion , clear , cloud nine ,
cloudless , dawn , day , day glow , daylight , dayshine , daytide ,
daytime , delectation , delight , dusk , ecstasy , ecstatics , elation ,
enchantment , era of prosperity , exaltation , exhilaration ,
exuberance , fair weather , felicity , fine , full sun , gaiety ,
gladness , glee , golden age , golden era , golden time , good times ,
green flash , halcyon days , happiness , heaven , heyday , high spirits ,
intoxication , joy , joyance , joyfulness , light of day , midday sun ,
millennium , noonlight , noontide light , overhappiness ,
overjoyfulness , palmy days , paradise , piping times , pleasant ,
prosperity , rainless , rapture , ravishment , ray of sunshine ,
reign of Saturn , rosy era , seventh heaven , shine , sun , sun spark ,
sunbeam , sunbreak , sunburst , sunlight , sunny , sunshiny , transport ,
twilight , unalloyed happiness , utopia

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