blue sky
Definition
- Noun:
- The sky as it appears during daylight hours: The visible atmosphere above the Earth when it is illuminated by the sun, typically appearing blue in color.
Usage
- The term "blue sky" is used to refer to the sky itself, particularly on a clear, sunny day. It often evokes a sense of openness, clarity, or optimism.
- It is commonly used in descriptive language.
Examples
- Noun:
- We lay on the grass, looking up at the endless blue sky.
- After the storm passed, we were greeted by a beautiful blue sky.
Advanced Usage
- "Blue-sky thinking" (compound adjective/noun): This is a related compound term referring to creative, unrestricted, and imaginative thinking that is not limited by current practical constraints or realities.
- The company retreat was dedicated to blue-sky thinking about future products.
Variants and Related Words
- Blue (adj): Of the color resembling a clear sky.
- Sky (n): The region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth.
- Azure (n/adj): A bright blue color, like that of a clear sky (a more literary synonym).
Synonyms
- Azure (n): A bright blue color, often used poetically for the sky.
- Heavens (n, literary): The sky, especially when regarded as a vault in which the sun, moon, stars, and planets are situated.
- Firmament (n, literary): The heavens or the sky, especially when regarded as a tangible arch or vault.
Related Phrases
- Out of a clear blue sky (idiom): Happening suddenly and unexpectedly.
- His resignation came out of a clear blue sky.
- Into the blue (idiom): Into the unknown or far away, often into the sky or sea.
- The plane disappeared into the blue.
Noun
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the sky as viewed during daylight
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he shot an arrow into the blue
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