sunlight
//ˈsʌnˌlaɪt//
Forms
- Plural
- sunlights
- present (v1)
- sunlight
- past (v2)
- sunlighted
- past participle (v3)
- sunlighted
- present participle
- sunlighting
- 3rd person singular
- sunlights
Definitions
1.All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun; especially, that in the visible spectrum and that bathes the Earth.
- Sunlight on the skin gives you vitamin D.
- 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.
2.Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.
3.Synonym of sunrise.
4.Synonym of photic (“describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.”).
1.To work on the side (at a secondary job) during the daytime.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4618
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English sonnelight, sunneliht, from Old English sunnan lēoht (“sunlight”), equivalent to sun + light.
Cognate with Dutch zonlicht (“sunlight”), German Low German Sünnenlücht (“sunlight”), German Sonnenlicht (“sunlight”).