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Share This sun·shine Audio Help / ˈsʌnˌʃaɪn / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ suhn -shahyn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. the shining of the sun; direct light of the sun.
2. brightness or radiance; cheerfulness or happiness.
3. a source of cheer or happiness.
4. the effect of the sun in lighting and heating a place.
5. a place where the direct rays of the sun fall.
–adjective 6. of or pertaining to sunshine laws: sunshine rules.
[Origin:
1200–50; ME
sunnesin; see
sun , shine ]
—Related forms sunshineless, adjective
sunshiny, adjective
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The light or the direct rays from the sun.
The warmth given by the sun's rays.
A location or surface on which the sun's rays fall.
Radiant cheerfulness; geniality.
A source of cheerfulness.
Radiant cheerfulness; geniality.
A source of cheerfulness.
a sunshine law.
sun'shin'y adj.
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c.1250, from
sun (n.) +
shine .
Sunshine law in ref. to U.S. open meeting legislation is recorded from 1972, from the notion of shining the light of public access on deliberations formerly held behind closed doors.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Share This sunshine noun 1. the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind" [syn: sunlight ] 2. moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities [syn: fair weather ] 3. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room" [syn: cheerfulness ] [ant: uncheerfulness ]
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Share This ˈsunshine 1 noun
the light of the sun
Example:
The children were playing in the sunshine.
Arabic: ضوء الشَّمْس Chinese (Simplified): 阳光 Chinese (Traditional): 陽光 Czech: sluneční světlo Danish: solskin Dutch: zonneschijn Estonian: päikesepaiste Finnish: auringonpaiste French: lumière du soleil German: der Sonnenschein Greek: λιακάδα Hungarian: napfény Icelandic: sólskin Indonesian: sinar matahari Italian: luce del sole*
Japanese: 日光 Korean: 햇빛 Latvian: saule; saules gaisma Lithuanian: saulė Norwegian: solskinn Polish: słońce Portuguese (Brazil): luz do sol Portuguese (Portugal): luz do sol Romanian: lumina soarelui Russian: солнечный свет;солнце Slovak: slnečné svetlo Slovenian: sončna svetloba Spanish: luz del sol Swedish: solsken Turkish: güneş (ışığı)
ˈsunshine 2 noun
cheerfulness or happiness
Arabic: مَرَح وسَعادَه Chinese (Simplified): 快乐 Chinese (Traditional): 快樂 Czech: štěstí Danish: glæde Dutch: vrolijkheid Estonian: rõõm Finnish: ilo French: rayonnement German: sonnige Laune Greek: ευθυμία, ευδιαθεσία Hungarian: vidámság Icelandic: gleði Indonesian: keriangan Italian: allegria
Japanese: 陽気さ Korean: 쾌활 Latvian: prieks; līksme Lithuanian: giedrumas Norwegian: glede, lykke Polish: promienność Portuguese (Brazil): alegria Portuguese (Portugal): alegria Romanian: fericire Russian: веселье; счастье Slovak: šťastie Slovenian: radost Spanish: alegría, jovialidad Swedish: solsken Turkish: mutluluk
See also: catch the sun ,
sunbathe ,
sunbeam ,
sunburn ,
sunburned, sunburnt ,
sundial ,
sundown ,
sunflower ,
sunglasses ,
sunless ,
sunlight ,
sunlit ,
sunny ,
sunrise ,
sunset ,
sunshade ,
sunstroke ,
suntan ,
sun ,
under the sun ,
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Main Entry: sun·shine adjective : forbidding or restricting closed meetings of legislative or executive bodies and sometimes providing for public access to
government records <sunshine laws> —see also Freedom of Information Act in the IMPORTANT LAWS
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Share This Sunshine, LA Zip code(s): 70780
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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.
But all sunshine, as when his beams at noon Culminate from the equator. --Milton.
2. Anything which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the rays of the sun; warmth; illumination; brightness.
That man that sits within a monarch's heart, And ripens in the sunshine of his favor. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Sun"shine`\, a. Sunshiny; bright. --Shak. "Sunshine hours." --Keble.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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