to wear sunscreen
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- phrasal verb
- /wɛr ˈsʌnˌskrin/
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- It's important to wear sunscreen to protect your skin from harmful UV rays when you spend time outdoors.
- wear sunscreen with SPF
- wear sunscreen every day
- always wear sunscreen
Avoid DNA damage, wear sunscreen, avoid X-rays and all that sort of stuff.
- Avoid DNA damage, wear sunscreen, avoid X-rays and all that sort of stuff.
- Like even when I'm stuck at home I'm still wearing sunscreen.
- And because you don't have complete say over that, always wear sunscreen.
- Staying away from asbestos, wearing sunscreen when you go in the sun.
- Really important is the SPFI have not always worn sunscreen.
Examples
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If you plan on going in the sun, wear sunscreen and a cap.
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You should make sure to wear sunscreen any time you are exposed to the sun.
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If you are going to be out in the sun for a long time, make sure to wear sunscreen.
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Always wear sunscreen to prevent damage to your skin caused by harmful sun rays.
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I live in LA and I have to wear sunscreen every day, even if it's cloudy.
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Don't forget to wear sunscreen, okay?
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It bears saying before we even get started: Wear sunscreen and drink a lot of water.
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Of course, every dermatologist and esthetician I have met has told me the same thing: if you do nothing else, wear sunscreen, drink a lot of water, and take off your makeup every night.
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Before heading to the beach, don't forget to wear sunscreen to prevent sunburn.
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Doctors recommend that you wear sunscreen every day to maintain healthy skin.
Synonyms
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3.1
To put cream on your skin to protect it from the sun
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from 'wear' (to have something on) plus 'sunscreen' (a topical sun-protection cream): a learner who knows both words can infer it means to have/apply sunscreen on the skin. This follows a common verb+noun composition and is cross-linguistically natural, so a B1 learner would reliably understand it without prior exposure.
Etymology
The phrase wear sunscreen comes from the simple idea of putting sunscreen on your skin before going out in the sun. Think of the lotion as a thin shield that stops burning, so it means 'to protect your skin from the sun'.