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sunshine

[suhn-shahyn]

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

  1. of or relating to sunshine laws.

    sunshine rules.

  2. fair-weather.

sunshine

/ ˈʌˌʃɪ /

noun

  1. the light received directly from the sun

  2. the warmth from the sun

  3. a sunny area

  4. a light-hearted or ironic term of address

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • sunshineless adjective
  • sunshiny adjective
  • ˈܲˌ󾱲Բ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sunshine1

1200–50; Middle English sunnesin; sun, shine 1
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If you want to combine a music festival with a sunshine holiday then this could be your best bet.

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In the morning sunshine, with barely a breath of wind, it suddenly looked easier out in the middle than it had been at any point in this final.

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Unlike the rebellious music that characterized rock in the ’50s, the Beach Boys’ songs were full of sunshine and good times: “Fun, Fun, Fun,” “I Get Around” and the classic “Good Vibrations.”

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Gone were the waves, the sunshine and the blonde-haired girls that populated his earlier work — replaced with interlocking songs that seemed to form a single piece of music.

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Left the best part of the evening session to bat, and with Lord's bathed in sunshine, the South Africans wilted in the face of an Aussie barrage.

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