daylight
The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun…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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» Tom got home just before daylight.
Tom kehrte kurz vor Tagesanbruch heim. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom kam kurz vor Tagesanbruch nach Hause. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Examples
90 sentencesTom got home just before daylight.
deTom kehrte kurz vor Tagesanbruch heim. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom doesn't like daylight savings time.
Tom doesn't like daylight saving time.
Meaning
11 senses(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
(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
(countable, uncountable)A clear, open space.
All small running backs instinctively run to daylight.
He could barely see daylight through the complex clockwork.
More meanings 8
(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
(countable, uncountable)Daybreak.
We had only two hours to work before daylight.
(countable, uncountable)Exposure to public scrutiny.
Budgeting a spy organization can't very well be done in daylight.
(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.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
We completely agree. There's no daylight between us on the issue.
(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)A light source that simulates daylight.
(countable, uncountable)The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.
Origin
From Middle English daye-lighte, dey liȝht, dailiȝt, day-liht, dai-liht (also as days lyȝtFrom 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”).
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Forms
plural: daylightsSynonyms
23 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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