sunlight

[ suhn-lahyt ]

noun

1. the light of the sun; sunshine.

sunlight

/ ˈsʌnlaɪt /

noun

1. the light emanating from the sun
2. an area or the time characterized by sunshine

Derived Forms

• ˈsunlit, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sunlight¹

First recorded in 1175–1225, sunlight is from the Middle English word sonneliht. See sun, light ¹

Example Sentences

For better predictions, debris trackers can also measure the reflection of sunlight off these objects, which can be used to narrow those windows to just a few meters.

From MIT Technology Review

It exposes the moss on the bottom to life-sustaining sunlight.

From Science News For Students

After the impact, however, dust from the impact caused sunlight that reaches Earth to dim 10 to 20 percent, the simulations show, which aligns with previous research.

From Science News

This also helps screen the corals from some of that sunlight.

From Science News For Students

Dark particles in the smoke absorbed sunlight and heated up the plume to make it rise, Kablick explains.

From Science News

But the sunlight is threatening to fade and a three-and-a-half-hour river journey back to Kisangani looms.

From The Daily Beast

Is it halal if the animal lives a miserable life while never seeing sunlight?

From The Daily Beast

And as we left, spears of sunlight painted the top of the nearby volcano Galeras.

From The Daily Beast

We headed out soon after, back into the sunlight-dappled gardens of the temple complex, to join worshippers picnicking.

From The Daily Beast

Miles beneath the surface, in the absence of sunlight, animals derive energy from volcanic vents.

From The Daily Beast

"We are going into the sunlight, out of the shadow;" and she glanced back at the west, which was of a slaty blackness.

From Project Gutenberg

For two consecutive seasons he lived in the sunlight of Mademoiselle Duvigne's presence.

From Project Gutenberg

It was all breeze and freshness, and the sunlight struck picturesquely aslant the hill-sides.

From Project Gutenberg

She welcomed them with all the native hospitality, as she would have opened her door to let the sunlight in.

From Project Gutenberg

The brilliant imaginative mind has woven it into romance, making its colors brighter still with the sunlight of inspired phantasy.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• dawn
• daytime
• sunshine