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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
shine
/ʃaɪn/
verb1 of 2
to make bright light
- “In the summer it's warm and the sun is shining.”Tatoeba
- “The darker the sky is, the brighter the stars shine.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
Brightness from a source of light.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)