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sun

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–noun

(often initial capital letter

) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.

2.	the sun considered with reference to its position in the sky, its visibility, the season of the year, the time at which or the place where it is seen, etc.

3.	a self-luminous heavenly body; star.

4.	sunshine; the heat and light from the sun: to be exposed to the sun.

5.	a figure or representation of the sun, as a heraldic bearing usually surrounded with rays and marked with the features of a human face.

6.	something likened to the sun in brightness, splendor, etc.

Chiefly Literary.

a.	clime; climate.

b.	glory; splendor.

8.	sunrise or sunset: They traveled hard from sun to sun.

Archaic.

a day.

a year.

–verb (used with object)

10.	to expose to the sun's rays.

11.	to warm, dry, etc., in the sunshine.

12.	to put, bring, make, etc., by exposure to the sun.

–verb (used without object)

13.	to be exposed to the rays of the sun: to sun in the yard.

—Idioms

14.	against the sun, Nautical. counterclockwise.

15.	place in the sun, a favorable or advantageous position; prominence; recognition: The new generation of writers has achieved a place in the sun.

16.	under the sun, on earth; anywhere: the most beautiful city under the sun.

17.	with the sun, Nautical. clockwise.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME sun, sonne, OE sunne; c. G Sonne, ON sunna, Goth sunno; akin to ON sōl, Goth sauil, L sōl (see solar ), Gk h

lios (see helio- ), Welsh haul, Lith saũlė, Pol słońce

Related forms:

sunlike, adjective

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place (plās)

1. An area with definite or indefinite boundaries; a portion of space.
2. Room or space, especially adequate space: There is place for everyone at the back of the room.
3. The particular portion of space occupied by or allocated to a person or thing.
4. A building or an area set aside for a specified purpose: a place of worship.
5. A dwelling; a house: bought a place on the lake.
6. A business establishment or office.
7. A locality, such as a town or city: visited many places.
8. A space in which one person, such as a passenger or spectator, can sit or stand.
9. A setting for one person at a table.
10. The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society.
11. The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place.
12. A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue.
13. The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize.
1. The particular portion of space occupied by or allocated to a person or thing.
2. A building or an area set aside for a specified purpose: a place of worship.
3. A dwelling; a house: bought a place on the lake.
4. A business establishment or office.
5. A locality, such as a town or city: visited many places.
6. A space in which one person, such as a passenger or spectator, can sit or stand.
7. A setting for one person at a table.
8. The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society.
9. The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place.
10. A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue.
11. The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize.
1. A dwelling; a house: bought a place on the lake.
2. A business establishment or office.
3. A locality, such as a town or city: visited many places.
4. A space in which one person, such as a passenger or spectator, can sit or stand.
5. A setting for one person at a table.
6. The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society.
7. The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place.
8. A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue.
9. The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize.
Abbr. Pl. A public square or street with houses in a town.
1. A space in which one person, such as a passenger or spectator, can sit or stand.
2. A setting for one person at a table.
3. The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society.
4. The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place.
5. A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue.
6. The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize.
A position regarded as belonging to someone or something else; stead: She was chosen in his place.
A particular point that one has reached, as in a book: I have lost my place.
A particular spot, as on the body: the place that hurts.
1. The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society.
2. The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place.
3. A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue.
4. The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize.
Social station: He overstepped his place.
A particular situation or circumstance: Put yourself in my place.
High rank or status.
A job, post, or position: found a place in the company.
Relative position in a series; standing.
Games Second position for betting purposes, as in a horserace.
The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument: in the first place.
Mathematics A position in a numeral or series.

v. placed, plac·ing, plac·es

v. tr.

To put in or as if in a particular place or position; set.
To put in a specified relation or order: Place the words in alphabetical order.
To offer for consideration: placed the matter before the board.
To find accommodation or employment for.
To put into a particular condition: placed him under arrest.
To arrange for the publication or display of: place an advertisement in the newspaper.
To appoint to a post: placed her in a key position.
1. To rank in an order or sequence: I'd place him second best.
2. To estimate: placed the distance at 100 feet.
3. To give an order for: place a bet.
4. To apply or arrange for: place an order.
To identify or classify in a particular context: could not place that person's face.
1. To give an order for: place a bet.
2. To apply or arrange for: place an order.
To adjust (one's voice) for the best possible effects.

v. intr.
To be among those who finish a competition or race, especially to finish second.
Phrasal Verb(s):
place outTo qualify for a waiver of a requirement or prerequisite: placed out of a freshman composition class.

Idiom(s):
all over the placeIn or to many locations; everywhere: Film is sold all over the place.

Idiom(s):
in place

In the appropriate or usual position or order: With everything in place, she started the slide show.
In the same spot; without moving forwards or backwards: While marching in place, the band played a popular tune.

Idiom(s):
in place ofInstead of.

Idiom(s):
keep/know (one's) placeTo recognize one's social position and act according to traditional decorum.

Idiom(s):
place in the sunA dominant or favorable position or situation.

[Middle English, from Old English plæce and Old French place, open space (from Medieval Latin placea, from Vulgar Latin *plattea), both from Latin platēa, broad street, from Greek plateia (hodos), broad (street), feminine of platus; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]
place'a·ble adj., plac'er n.

Cultural Dictionary

sun

The star around which the Earth revolves.

Note: The sun is about 4.5 billion years old and is expected to remain in its present state for approximately another six billion years; it will eventually evolve into a white dwarf.

Word Origin & History

sun (n.)

O.E. sunne, from P.Gmc. *sunnon (cf. O.N., O.S., O.H.G. sunna, M.Du. sonne, Du. zon, Ger. Sonne, Goth. sunno), from PIE *s(u)wen- (cf. Avestan xueng "sun," O.Ir. fur-sunnud "lighting up"), alternate form of base *saewel- "to shine, sun" (see Sol). O.E. sunne was fem., and the fem. pronoun was used until 16c.; since then masc. has prevailed. The empire on which the sun never sets (1630) originally was the Spanish, later the British. To have one's place in the sun (1688) is from Pascal's "Pensées"; the Ger. imperial foreign policy sense (1897) is from a speech by von Bülow. The U.S. Sunbelt is first recorded 1969. Sunlight is first recorded c.1205. Sunbeam was in O.E.; sunset first recorded 1390 (sundown is from 1620); sunrise is first found 1440 (sun-up is from 1712). Sundial is from 1599. Sunspot in ref. to the solar phenomenon is from 1868. Egg served sunny side up first attested 1900. Sunroof of a car is from 1966.

Idioms & Phrases

place in the sun

A dominant or favorable position or situation, as in The Nobel prizewinners really enjoyed their place in the sun. This term may have been coined about 1660 by the French philosopher Blaise Pascal but became well known only in the late 1800s, when it was applied to Germany's position in world affairs, especially concerning its desire for more lands.

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