/ˈsʌn.ʃaɪn/
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Translation
The light and warmth that come from the sun.
Word origin
Made from sun and shine, from Old English sunne and scinan, meaning to shine.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- sunne + scinan
- English cognates
- shine
Examples
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We say in the sunshine, not under the sunshine.
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Sunshine is uncountable, so we say some sunshine, not a sunshine.
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"Sunshine" is also a warm, friendly name for a person.
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