Meaning of "sun" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SUN

Old English sunne; related to Old High German sunna, Old Frisian senne, Gothic sunno.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SUN

sun  [sʌn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUN

Sun is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sun in English.

WHAT DOES SUN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields.[12][13] It has a diameter of about 1,392,684 km, [5] around 109 times that of Earth, and its mass accounts for about 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System.[14] Chemically, about three quarters of the Sun's mass consists of hydrogen, while the rest is mostly helium. The remainder consists of heavier elements, including oxygen, carbon, neon and iron, among others.[15] The Sun formed about 4.567 billion[a][16] years ago from the gravitational collapse of a region within a large molecular cloud. Most of the matter gathered in the center, while the rest flattened into an orbiting disk that would become the Solar System. The central mass became increasingly hot and dense, eventually initiating thermonuclear fusion in its core. It is thought that almost all stars form by this process.

Definition of sun in the English dictionary

The first definition of sun in the dictionary is the star at the centre of our solar system. It is a gaseous body having a highly compressed core, in which energy is generated by thermonuclear reactions, surrounded by less dense radiative and convective zones serving to transport the energy to the surface. The atmospheric layers are normally invisible except during a total eclipse. Mass and diameter: 333 000 and 109 times that of earth respectively; mean distance from earth: 149.6 million km related adjective solar. Other definition of sun is any star around which a planetary system revolves. Sun is also the sun as it appears at a particular time or place.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SUN

PRESENT

Present

I sun

you sun

he/she/it suns

we sun

you sun

they sun

Present continuous

I am sunning

you are sunning

he/she/it is sunning

we are sunning

you are sunning

they are sunning

Present perfect

I have sunned

you have sunned

he/she/it has sunned

we have sunned

you have sunned

they have sunned

Present perfect continuous

I have been sunning

you have been sunning

he/she/it has been sunning

we have been sunning

you have been sunning

they have been sunning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I sunned

you sunned

he/she/it sunned

we sunned

you sunned

they sunned

Past continuous

I was sunning

you were sunning

he/she/it was sunning

we were sunning

you were sunning

they were sunning

Past perfect

I had sunned

you had sunned

he/she/it had sunned

we had sunned

you had sunned

they had sunned

Past perfect continuous

I had been sunning

you had been sunning

he/she/it had been sunning

we had been sunning

you had been sunning

they had been sunning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will sun

you will sun

he/she/it will sun

we will sun

you will sun

they will sun

Future continuous

I will be sunning

you will be sunning

he/she/it will be sunning

we will be sunning

you will be sunning

they will be sunning

Future perfect

I will have sunned

you will have sunned

he/she/it will have sunned

we will have sunned

you will have sunned

they will have sunned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been sunning

you will have been sunning

he/she/it will have been sunning

we will have been sunning

you will have been sunning

they will have been sunning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would sun

you would sun

he/she/it would sun

we would sun

you would sun

they would sun

Conditional continuous

I would be sunning

you would be sunning

he/she/it would be sunning

we would be sunning

you would be sunning

they would be sunning

Conditional perfect

I would have sun

you would have sun

he/she/it would have sun

we would have sun

you would have sun

they would have sun

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been sunning

you would have been sunning

he/she/it would have been sunning

we would have been sunning

you would have been sunning

they would have been sunning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you sun
we let´s sun
you sun

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to sun

Past participle

sunned

Present Participle

sunning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SUN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sun» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of sun

daylight · daystar · Helios · light · Phoebus · Phoebus Apollo · sunlight · sunshine · warmth

TRANSLATION OF SUN

Find out the translation of sun to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sun from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sun» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 太阳
• Translator English - Spanish: sol
• English: sun
• Translator English - Hindi: सूरज
• Translator English - Arabic: شَمْس
• Translator English - Russian: солнце
• Translator English - Portuguese: sol
• Translator English - Bengali: সূর্য
• Translator English - French: soleil
• Translator English - Malay: matahari
• Translator English - German: Sonne
• Translator English - Japanese: 太陽
• Translator English - Korean: 태양
• Translator English - Javanese: Srengenge
• Translator English - Vietnamese: mặt trời
• Translator English - Tamil: சூரியன்
• Translator English - Marathi: सूर्य
• Translator English - Turkish: Güneş
• Translator English - Italian: sole
• Translator English - Polish: słońce
• Translator English - Ukrainian: сонце
• Translator English - Romanian: soare
• Translator English - Greek: ήλιος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Sondag
• Translator English - Swedish: sol
• Translator English - Norwegian: sol

10 QUOTES WITH «SUN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sun.

1

Alexander Ahndoril

We do not even see the sun for several months in the north of Sweden.

2

Matthew Arnold

It is so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done.

3

Thomas Arnold

One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful.

4

Henry Ward Beecher

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.

5

Sitting Bull

Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!

6

Sitting Bull

When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them?

7

George Catlin

I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers... clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.

8

John Jay Chapman

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold.

9

Havelock Ellis

The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.

10

Frances Farmer

I couldn't get that same feeling during the day, with my hands in dirty dish water and the hard sun showing up the dirtiness on the roof tops. And after a time, even at night, the feeling of God didn't last.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUN»

Discover the use of sun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Duel in the Sun: Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, and ...

An account of the 1982 Boston Marathon traces the dramatic competition between its top two contenders, discussing how Salazar's and Beardsley's triumphs gave way to their respective battles with depression and painkiller addiction. 30,000 ...

John Brant, 2006

Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of ...

The Unpredictable Constitution brings together a distinguished group of U.S. Supreme Court Justices and U.S. Court of Appeals Judges, who are some of our most prominent legal scholars, to discuss an array of topics on civil liberties.

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, 2003

Half of a Yellow Sun

Epic, ambitious and triumphantly realized, Half of a Yellow Sun is a more powerful, dramatic and intensely emotional picture of modern Africa than any we have had before. From the Hardcover edition.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2010

Copper Sun

Stolen from her village, sold to the highest bidder, fifteen-year-old Amari has only one thing left of her own -- hope.

Sharon M. Draper, 2012

Soccer in Sun and Shadow

This new edition of Eduardo Galeano's riveting commentary on the history and politics of soccer includes newly written material on the 2002 World Cup, which one quarter of humanity watched.

Eduardo H. Galeano, 2003

Sun

Presents facts about the sun, what it is made of, its distance from Earth, and its relation to other planets in the solar system.

Steve Tomecek, 2006

Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb

Tells the story of the making of the H-bomb and reveals how it created a nuclear stalemate that lasted forty years.

Richard Rhodes, 1996

Empire of the Sun

Ballard's enduring novel of war and deprivation, internment camps and death marches, and starvation and survival is an honest coming-of-age tale set in a world thrown utterly out of joint.

J. G. Ballard, 2013

A Walk in the Sun

A reprint of a 1944 novel on World War II which was made into a movie. It is the story of a platoon whose lieutenant is killed and the men must decide what to do. A realistic, understated tale of war by a screenwriter of some twenty movies.

Harry Brown, 1944

Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun

"A raisin in the sun" was seen as changing American theatre forever. Miss Hansberry forced both blacks and whites to re-examine the deferred dreams of black America.

Lorraine Hansberry, 1984

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sun is used in the context of the following news items.

Lord Sewel bra snap released as he resigns

The Sun on Sunday yesterday revealed video footage of Sewel snorting coke off of a hooker's breast. New pictures today show him wearing one woman's bra ... «The Sun, Jul 15»

Exoplanet Kepler-452b Orbits a Star Very Much Like the Sun in Its …

Kepler-452b orbits its star at a distance just 5 percent more than Earth orbits the Sun, with a year 385 days long. While the star is similar to the Sun, it's older, and ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»

Their Royal Heilnesses

The stunning film footage of the Queen performing a Nazi salute is today revealed by The Sun. The astonishing clip lay hidden for eight decades. The grainy ... «The Sun, Jul 15»

Bank workers stage mock IS-style execution of Asian co-worker

“As soon as The Sun brought this video to our attention we took the decision to sack the individuals involved. “This is an abhorrent video and HSBC would like to ... «The Sun, Jul 15»

Autopsy of Freddie Gray shows 'high-energy' impact

By Justin Fenton The Baltimore Sun contact the reporter ... suddenly decelerated, according to a copy of the autopsy report obtained by The Baltimore Sun. «Baltimore Sun, Jun 15»

CPD cops posed for photo standing over black man dressed in antlers

McCarthy said in a statement to the Chicago Sun-Times that the photo “is disgusting, and the despicable actions of these two former officers have no place in our ... «Chicago Sun-Times - Breaking News, May 15»

Rescuers bring naked man down from raised railroad bridge in Fort …

By Wayne K. Roustan, Doug Phillips and Emily Miller Sun Sentinel contact the reporters · All Aboard Florida · Crime. A naked man was rescued from the top of ... «Sun Sentinel, May 15»

Freddie Gray repeatedly asked for medical care, police said Monday

(Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun video). By Justin Fenton and Jessica ... This story will be updated. Baltimore Sun Colin Campbell contributed to this story. «Baltimore Sun, Apr 15»

How and where to see Friday's total eclipse of the sun

Both approaches have their merits. The eclipse's line of “greatest duration” curves north and eastwards from below the tip of Greenland to the Arctic, passing ... «Quartz, Mar 15»

Solar eclipse will help scientists study sun's corona

The world will turn a little darker on Friday as the moon wanders across the face of the sun and casts a dark shadow over parts of Europe and the Arctic Ocean. «The Guardian, Mar 15»