sunlight

Definitions

1. sun
2. All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun; especially, that in the visible spectrum and that bathes the Earth.
   countable, uncountable
3. Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
4. Synonym of sunrise.
   countable, uncountable
5. sunny side (of a place)
6. Synonym of photic (“describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.”).
   attributive, countable, uncountable
7. daylight (the time between sunrise and sunset)
8. sol (a unit of currency, currently used in Peru)

Equivalents

37 more languages

العربيةضَوْء شَمْسنور الشمسنُور شَمْس

Беларускаясвятлосьвятло

বাংলাআফতাবরোদ

Bosanskisolsunceсветсунце+ 1 more

Češtinasluneční svit

Cymraegheulwen

Ελληνικάήλιοςηλιόφωςηλιόφωτο

Esperantosunlumo

Suomiauringonpaisteauringonvalo

Galegosol

हिन्दीआतपधूपसूर्यकांति

Hrvatskisolsunceсветсунце+ 1 more

Magyarnapfény

Íslenskasólarljós

Italianoluce solare

日本語光太陽光日光日影暐照陽陽光+ 5 more

한국어曦양광일광해해빛햇귀햇빛+ 4 more

Kurdîsol

Latinasol

Latviešusaule

മലയാളംവെയിൽസൂര്യപ്രകാശം

Bahasa Melayucahaya matahari

Nederlandszonlicht

Polskisłońceświatło

Portuguêsluz do sol

Românălumina soarelui

Русскийсветсо́лнечный свет

Српскиsolsunceсветсунце+ 1 more

Svenskasolljus

Kiswahilimwanga wa jua

தமிழ்வெயில்

Тоҷикӣофтоб

ไทยแดดแสงอาทิตย์แสงแดด

Türkçegüneş ışığıışık

Українськасвітлосонячне світло

اردودھوپ

Tiếng Việtánh nắng

Examples

“Meronym: sunbeams”

“Near-synonym: daylight”

“Sunlight on the skin gives you vitamin D.”

“The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have⟳ a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.”

“Instead of using unpolarized sunlight as my light⟳ source and then filtering it with a polarizer, I can just use⟳ my screen as a source of polarized light⟳.”

“sunlight zone”

CEFR level