midday sun
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- noun
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sol del mediodía
- His gold front tooth flashed in the midday sun.
Street signs yellow in the midday sun.
- Street signs yellow in the midday sun.
- Here in this little grass and path park of old men, he held the squiggle of silver reflection of the midday sun.
- They're both engaged even in the midday sun when they want to come down and unshade themselves for a bit on the ground.
Examples
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After several hours of enduring the 100-degree temperature of the midday sun, the oasis was a particularly welcome sight.
Academic text (1992) -
A homesite must also provide a shady refuge from the hot midday sun.
Academic text (1990) -
In the bright midday sun, in the incandescent heat of the burning cities.
Fiction book (2001) -
The cool water of the wash sparkled in the midday sun.
Fiction book (2002) -
I thought we might all go blind from the glitter of diamonds and gold in the midday sun.
Fiction book (1995) -
On the sloping rocks, the midday sun created texture due to side lighting.
Academic text (1994) -
Meredydd lifted a hand to shield her eyes from the midday sun and scanned the trees.
Fiction book (1992) -
The Angelus signaled noon, and beneath the midday sun, the town took its break for a meal and rest.
Academic text (2006) -
The blazing midday sun emanates a blistering heat against the blue sky.
Fiction book (1998) -
She enjoys reading outside in the midday sun because it feels warm and bright.
Synonyms
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Light and heat you feel from the star at the center of our solar system
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Natural light from the sun during the day
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The light from the sun that makes things bright during the day
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The light and warmth from the sun that makes a day bright
Antonyms
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'midday' (the period when the sun is highest) combined with 'sun' yields 'the sun at noon' — bright/intense — which a learner can derive from the parts. This simple noun+noun modification is cross-linguistically common and follows regular English composition patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Midday sun combines midday (the middle of the day) and sun (the star above us) to paint a picture of the sun high in the sky; at 'noon' it is often the brightest and hottest. So, the phrase is used to talk about very bright or intense sunlight.