daylight

1. (countable, uncountable)The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).

   Meronym: sunbeams

   Near-synonyms: sunlight, sunshine

2. (countable, uncountable)A light source that simulates daylight.

   light during the daytime

3. (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.

   Tageslicht

   естественное освеще́ниеjestestvennoje osveščénije, дневной свет

   со́нячне сві́тлоsónjačne svítlo

4. (countable, uncountable)The period of time between sunrise and sunset.

   burning daylight

   wasting daylight

   Tag

   светлое вре́мя сутокsvetloje vrémja sutok

   де́ньdénʹ

   the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside

5. (countable, uncountable)Daybreak.

   We had only two hours to work before daylight.

6. (countable, uncountable)Exposure to public scrutiny.

   Budgeting a spy organization can't very well be done in daylight.

7. (countable, uncountable)A clear, open space.

   All small running backs instinctively run to daylight.

   He could barely see daylight through the complex clockwork.

8. (countable)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.

9. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.

   We completely agree. There's no daylight between us on the issue.

10. (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.

11. (countable, uncountable)The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.

1. Tom got home just before daylight.

   deTom kehrte kurz vor Tagesanbruch heim.

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2. Tom doesn't like daylight savings time.

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3. Tom doesn't like daylight saving time.

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4. We should get there by daylight.

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5. It scared the daylights out of me.

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