What does sunshine mean?

Definitions for sunshine
ˈsʌnˌʃaɪnsun·shine

Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word sunshine.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. sunlight, sunshine, sunnoun

    the rays of the sun

    "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

  2. fair weather, sunshine, temperatenessnoun

    moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities

  3. cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshinenoun

    the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom

    "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"

Wiktionary

  1. sunshinenoun

    The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.

  2. sunshinenoun

    A location on which the sun's rays fall.

  3. sunshinenoun

    geniality or cheerfulness.

  4. sunshinenoun

    A source of cheerfulness or joy.

  5. sunshinenoun

    The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.

  6. sunshinenoun

    Used to address someone who has just woken up and/or is very sleepy.

    Good morning, sunshine!

  7. sunshineadjective

    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.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sunshinenoun

    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

  2. Sunshinenoun

    anything which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the rays of the sun; warmth; illumination; brightness

  3. Sunshineadjective

    sunshiny; bright

Freebase

  1. Sunshine

    Sunshine is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, lying 11 to 13 km west of the CBD. Its local government area is the City of Brimbank. At the 2011 Census, Sunshine had a population of 8,838.

Editors Contribution

  1. sunshine

    The light and energy from the sun.

    Sunshine is always welcome at any time of the year.

    Submitted by MaryC on January 27, 2020  

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'sunshine' in Nouns Frequency: #2531

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sunshine in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sunshine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of sunshine in a Sentence

  1. David Krone:

    All politics are local, you have got to let things play out, and we’re seeing now that it’s a lot harder to operate in sunshine than in darkness, as far as deals go, the average American doesn’t understand them and thinks they’re payoffs and a slimy part of the process, but deals like this have been around for centuries.

  2. Christopher Marlowe:

    What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?

  3. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

    Sometimes negating negativity works far better than envisioning positivity, especially in the cold, dark and miserable moments of life, when everything appears bleak with no ray of Sunshine.

  4. Mehmet Murat ildan:

    When there are no clouds in the sky, under the beautiful sunshine, remember the rain and repair your umbrella!

  5. George Eliot:

    If you sit down at set of sun And count the acts that you have done, And counting find One self-denying deed, one word That eased the heart of him who heard One glance most kind That fell like sunshine where it went- Then you may count that day well spent.

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