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daylight

/ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/noun2 syllables

Daylight means: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside.

Synonyms for daylight15

noun, as in the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside

day, daytime

also used for daylight

sunlight, sunshine, daylength, photoperiod, sunrise, dayspring, dawn, ass crack of dawn, break, break of dawn, break of day, butt crack of dawn, cockcrow

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What does daylight mean?2

noun

1

the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside“the dawn turned night into day”

2

light during the daytime

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Daylight in a sentence

  • Act in broad daylight, it's in your interest!anzart
  • Today, robbers robbed another bank in broad daylight.LeviHighway
  • Janos constantly felt watched whenever he went outside, even in broad daylight.Amastan
  • The burglar broke into the post office in broad daylight.CK
  • Daylight was already streaming in through the window.sundown
  • A gang of three robbed the bank in broad daylight.CK
  • He was abducted from the store in broad daylight.Conjuice
  • I forgot that the daylight saving time ended last week.CK

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Forms of daylight

as a noun

plural
daylights