daylight en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/ (General-American)
- /ˈdeɪlaɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
From Middle English daye-lighte, dey liȝht, dailiȝt, day-liht, dai-liht (also as days lyȝt, daies liht), equivalent to day + light. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deegeslucht, Daisljoacht (“daylight”), West Frisian deiljocht (“daylight”), Dutch daglicht (“daylight”), German Tageslicht (“daylight”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).
Near-synonyms: sunlight, sunshine
In those days the entire factory was lit only by daylight and was closed at night.
Meronym: sunbeams
- (countable, uncountable) A light source that simulates daylight.
- (countable) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
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(countable, uncountable) The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
We should get home while it's still daylight.
burning daylight
wasting daylight
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(countable, uncountable) Daybreak.
Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
1835, Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pages 284–5:We had only two hours to work before daylight.
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(countable, uncountable) Exposure to public scrutiny.
Budgeting a spy organization can't very well be done in daylight.
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(countable, uncountable) A clear, open space.
Finally, after weeks of work on the project, they could see daylight.
All small running backs instinctively run to daylight.
He could barely see daylight through the complex clockwork.
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(countable, qualifier:machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
The minimum and maximum daylights on an injection molding machine determines the sizes of the items it can make.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
We completely agree. There's no daylight between us on the issue.
Sometimes hosts are a little saltier when the cameras aren’t rolling, but I don’t recall ever hearing any daylight between the views they express on-air and off.
2023 February 17, Michelle Goldberg, “What Fox News Says When You’re Not Listening”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Meaningful or noticeable difference or distinction between two things, especially concepts.
There's not much daylight between saying that the universe is God and saying that God doesn't exist.
- (countable, uncountable) The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| daylights | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| day-light | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
night (antonym(s) of “multiple senses”) · darkness (antonym(s) of “multiple senses”)
Coordinates
heeltap · starlight · moonlight
Deriveds
daylight factory · daylighter · beat the daylight out of · daylight overdraft · daylight saving time · broad daylight · put daylight between oneself and someone · predaylight · the daylight out of · daylight-savings time · daylight time · burn daylight · daylight factor · daylight standard time · in broad daylight · multidaylight · semidaylight · daylight savings · daylight savings time · create daylight between oneself and someone · open daylight · daylight saving · daylight robbery · daylight-saving time · knock the daylight out of
Hypernyms
light · EMR · starlight · radiation · energy · natural light · electromagnetic radiation
Relateds
sunlight is the best disinfectant (public scrutiny) · sunshine law (public scrutiny)
Synonyms
sunshine · ass crack of dawn · break of dawn · sunlight · sunup · sunshine · daybreak · break · sunrise · cockcrow · sun · sunlight · dawn · lauds · sunrise · daylength · daylight · photoperiod · daytime · sparrow-fart · day · daytime · solrise · break of day · dayspring · first light · sunlight · sunrising · daylight · dayspring · dawn · crack of dawn · butt crack of dawn
Translations (61)
ru дневной свет (light from the Sun) · nb dagslys (light from the Sun) · mi whaiao (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · es claro (clear, open space) · fi ero (motional or psychological distance between people) · ka მზის შუქი (light from the Sun) · cy golau dydd (light from the Sun) · ru светлое вре́мя суток (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · da dag (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · fi päivä (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · uk де́нь (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · fr lumière du jour (light from the Sun) · da lys (exposure to public scrutiny) · cmn 日光 (light from the Sun) · mi awatea (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · ru естественное освеще́ние (light from the Sun) · fi valo (clear, open space) · sv dagsljus (light from the Sun) · ny usana (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · nn dagslys (light from the Sun) · fi päivänvalolamppu (light source that simulates daylight) · da lys (clear, open space) · de Tageslicht (light from the Sun) · el φως (light from the Sun) · el μέρα (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · uk со́нячне сві́тло (light from the Sun) · fi päivänvalo (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · cmn 嫌隙 (motional or psychological distance between people) · fi päivänvalo (exposure to public scrutiny) · ga lá (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · he אור יום (light from the Sun) · la lux (light from the Sun) · fr jour (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · eo taglumo (light from the Sun) · mi whaiao (light from the Sun) · mi aoatea (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · es día (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · tr gün (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · ga solas an lae (light from the Sun) · nys ben (light from the Sun) · pt luz do dia/sol (light from the Sun) · fi välys (machinery: space between) · da dagslys (clear, open space) · cy goleuni dydd (light from the Sun) · ca dia (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · tr gün ışığı (light from the Sun) · fi päivänvalo (light from the Sun) · nn dagsljos (light from the Sun) · es luz diurna (light from the Sun) · pt dia (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · fi päivänvalo (photometry: natural daylight's intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum) · fr jour (light from the Sun) · ca llum del dia (light from the Sun) · mi maruawatea (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · nys beerit (light from the Sun) · nl daglicht (light from the Sun) · de Tag (period of time between sunrise and sunset) · da dagslys (light from the Sun) · sv dagsljus (exposure to public scrutiny) · ka მზის სინათლე (light from the Sun) · tr gündüz (period of time between sunrise and sunset)