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places in the sun

places in the sun is the plural of place in the sun.

Meaning of place in the sun

Noun

place in the sun (plural places in the sun)

  1. (figuratively) A favorable position, characterized by comfort, success, wealth or general well-being.
    • that all conscious or seeming-conscious life is worthy of a place in the sun; that the hodman at his plough, the daisy in the field, and the lover with his lass, are alike a part of Nature's pageant1908, Laurie Magnus, English literature in the nineteenth century: an essay in criticism, page 32
  2. (figuratively) Fame or recognition.
    • Jealousy is simply another way of demanding one's place in the sun – or under the domestic spotlight – a place in the center of the stage, as an exclusive object of consideration and attention.1972, Ben Barr Lindsey with Wainwright Evans, The companionate marriage, page 72
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see place, sun.

Questions about places in the sun

What is places in the sun the plural of?
Places in the sun is the plural of place in the sun.

Words near places in the sun in the dictionary

  1. Placeres
  2. Placereses
  3. placers
  4. Placerville
  5. places
  6. places in the sun
  7. places of articulation
  8. places of birth
  9. places of business
  10. places of decimals
  11. places of honor

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