sun
Definitions
- The star that is closest to the Earth.
- The star at the center of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☉.
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Abbreviation of Sunday. abbreviation, alt-of
- The station code of Sunny Bay in Hong Kong.
- A surname.
- A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
- A traditional Japanese unit of length, approximately 30.3 millimetres (1.193 inches).
- The 91st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- The light and heat which are received from the sun; sunshine or sunlight.
- To expose to the sun's rays, as for warming, drying, or tanning.
- sunlight
- An English tabloid newspaper.
- Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.
- To expose oneself or itself to the sun.
- sunny side (of a place)
- Sunrise or sunset.
- In the public eye.
- daylight (the time between sunrise and sunset)
- On the earth; in the world.
- A revolution of the Earth around the Sun; a year.
- sol (a unit of currency, currently used in Peru)
- under the sun, on earth; anywhere.
- A transversing of the sky by the Sun; a day.
- Sunday.
- The nineteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.
- Archaic. a description of the surface markings on a planet or the spots on the sun.
- The thirty-first Lenormand card.
- the observation of the corona of the sun by use of a telescope modifled to simulate an eclipse. — coronagraphic, adj.
- an instrument used in astronomy to show the apparent movement of the sun.
- the worship of the sun. — heliolator, n.
Equivalents
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Afrikaansson
Azərbaycan diligünəş
Беларускаясонца
Българскислънце
བོད་སྐད།ཉི་མ
Cymraeghaul
Esperantosuno
Suomiauringonlaskuauringonnousuauringonpaisteauringonvaloaurinkokuivatakuivatellamollukkapaistatellapäivänensu
Vosa Vakavitisiga
Gaeilgegrian
Gàidhliggrian
ગુજરાતીસૂર્ય
Hausarana
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻilā
हिन्दीअहिम-द्युतिआदित्यआफ़ताबइतवारख़ुर्शीदख़्वुरशेददिनकरदिनेशदिवाकरनाकप्रभाकरभानुभास्कररविरविवारशुष्णसूरजसूर्य
Italianosole
ქართულიმზე
Қазақ тілікүн
LëtzebuergeschSonn
Lingálamoi
ລາວຕາເວັນ
Lietuviųsaule
Latviešusaule
Malagasymasoandro
Te Reo Māorirā
МакедонскиСонце
Монголнар
Maltixemx
Nederlandszon
ଓଡ଼ିଆସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਸੂਰਜ
Ikinyarwandaizuba
Slovenčinaslnko
Slovenščinasonce
Gagana Samoala
ChiShonazuva
Sesotholetsatsi
Türkmençegün
Setswanaletsatsi
ئۇيغۇرچەكۈن
isiXhosailanga
Yorùbáoorun
isiZuluilanga
Examples
“And the cite hath no nede of the ſunne nether of the mone to lyghten hit. For the bꝛynghtnes off God dyd light⟳ hitt: and the lambe was the light⟳ off hit.”
“"I suppose⟳ I may have⟳ leave⟳ to do that!" Yes, she could do that, he said, but there was no road to that place⟳; it lay⟳ east of the sun and west of the moon, and she could never find⟳ her way there.”
“'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light⟳ green streaks where the shoal showed.”
“Because Haestrom's sun has overwhelmed the planet's protective magnetosphere, humans foolhardy enough to venture into geth-controlled Haestrom must exercise extreme caution. Minutes of radiation exposure will overload shields and hours of exposure will kill⟳.”
“Lambs that did frisk in the sun.”
“His fair hair waved long and freely over a white and unwrinkled forehead: the life of a camp and the suns of Italy had but little embrowned his clear and healthful complexion, which retained much of the bloom of youth.”
“For the Lord God is the ſunne & ſhield vnto vs: […]”
“[…] I will never conſent to put⟳ out the Sun of Sovereigntie to all Poſterity, […]”
“Imo[gen].[…]Prythee ſpeake, / How many ſtore of Miles may we well rid⟳ / Twixt houre, and houre? / Piſ[anio]. One ſcore 'twixt Sun, and Sun, / Madam's enough for you: and too much too. / Imo[gen]. Why, one that rode to's Excution Man, / Could neuer go ſo ſlow: […]”
“[W]hileſt many an hunger-ſtarved poore creature pines in the ſtreet, wants clothes to cover⟳ him, labours hard all day long, runs, rides for a trifle, fights peradventure from Sun to Sun, ſick and ill, weary, full of paine and griefe, is in great diſtreſſe and ſorrow of heart.”
“I love⟳ these sons of earth every mother's son of them, with their great hearty hearts rushing tumultuously in herds from spectacle to spectacle, as if fearful lest there should not be time between sun and sun to see⟳ them all, and the sun does not wait⟳ more than in haying-time.”
“You see⟳, the President has five jobs, any one of which would be more than a full-time job for one man; but I have⟳ to do all five of them between sun and sun.”
““Tomorrow at first sun.” Not being much of a morning person, she winced internally. “First sun?” “It is the proper time, when the flowers of the pohoroh first open⟳ to the light⟳.””
“Four suns since was the word brought to me from ‘She-who-must-be-obeyed,’ ‘White men come⟳; if white men come⟳, slay⟳ them not.’ Let⟳ them be brought to the house of ‘She-who-must-be-obeyed.’”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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