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sun⋅shine

  [suhn-shahyn]
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–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.
7. fair-weather (def. 2).
Origin:
1200–50; ME sunnesin; see sun, shine

Related forms:
sunshineless, adjective
sunshiny, adjective
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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sun·shine   (sŭn'shīn')   
n.  

    1. The light or the direct rays from the sun.

    2. The warmth given by the sun's rays.

    3. A location or surface on which the sun's rays fall.

    4. Radiant cheerfulness; geniality.

    5. A source of cheerfulness.

    1. Radiant cheerfulness; geniality.

    2. A source of cheerfulness.

adj.  Requiring governmental bodies to hold open meetings and sometimes to permit public access to records: a sunshine law.
sun'shin'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: sun·shine
Function: 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 section
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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