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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
Victor Borge

Meaning of "daylight" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DAYLIGHT

daylight  [ˈdeɪˌlaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DAYLIGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Daylight is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DAYLIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

daylight

Daylight

Daylight or the light of day is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight outdoors during the daytime. This includes direct sunlight, diffuse sky radiation, and both of these reflected from the Earth and terrestrial objects. Sunlight scattered or reflected from objects in outer space is generally not considered daylight. Thus, moonlight is never considered daylight, despite being "indirect sunlight". Daytime is the period of time each day when daylight occurs. Daylight happens because the earth rotates and either side the sun shines on is considered daylight.

Definition of daylight in the English dictionary

The first definition of daylight in the dictionary is light from the sun. Other definition of daylight is the period when it is light; daytime. Daylight is also daybreak.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DAYLIGHT


apophyllite
əˈpɒfɪˌlaɪt
argillite
ˈɑːdʒɪˌlaɪt
chessylite
ˈtʃɛsɪˌlaɪt
chrysophilite
krɪˈsɒfɪˌlaɪt
highlight
ˈhaɪˌlaɪt
hydrophilite
haɪˈdrɒfɪˌlaɪt
melilite
ˈmɛlɪˌlaɪt
menilite
ˈmɛnɪˌlaɪt
Mutazilite
muːˈtɑːzɪˌlaɪt
nephelite
ˈnefɪˌlaɪt
proselyte
ˈprɒsɪˌlaɪt
rubellite
ˈruːbɪˌlaɪt
skylight
ˈskaɪˌlaɪt
sperrylite
ˈspɛrɪˌlaɪt
tachylite
ˈtækɪˌlaɪt
tachylyte
ˈtækɪˌlaɪt
toxophilite
tɒkˈsɒfɪˌlaɪt
triphylite
ˈtrɪfɪˌlaɪt
troilite
ˈtrəʊɪˌlaɪt
twilight
ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DAYLIGHT

daydream
daydreamer
daydreaming
daydreamlike
daydreamy
dayflies
dayflower
dayfly
daygirl
dayglow
daylight hours
daylight lamp
daylight robbery
daylight saving time
daylight time
daylight-saving time
daylights
daylong
daymare
daymark

WORDS THAT END LIKE DAYLIGHT

back-up light
backlight
bright
come to light
delight
flashlight
flight
green light
headlight
in-flight
in mid-flight
light
limelight
moonlight
red light
slight
spotlight
starlight
sunlight
the spotlight
Very light

Synonyms and antonyms of daylight in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DAYLIGHT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «daylight» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of daylight

Translation of «daylight» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DAYLIGHT

Find out the translation of daylight to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of daylight from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «daylight» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

日光
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

luz del día
570 millions of speakers

English

daylight
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दिन के उजाले
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النهار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дневной свет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

luz do dia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দিবালোক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lumière du jour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Siang hari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tageslicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

日光
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

여명
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Awan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ánh sáng ban ngày
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பகல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रकाश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gün ışığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

luce del giorno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

światło dzienne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

денне світло
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lumina zilei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φως της ημέρας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

daglig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dagsljus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dagslys
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of daylight

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DAYLIGHT»

The term «daylight» is very widely used and occupies the 11.163 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of daylight
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «daylight».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DAYLIGHT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «daylight» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «daylight» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about daylight

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10 QUOTES WITH «DAYLIGHT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word daylight.
1
Joseph Addison
Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
2
William Bligh
On the night of the 1st of September we observed for the first time signs of the natives being in the neighbourhood. Fires were seen on the low land near Cape Frederick Henry, and at daylight we saw the natives with our glasses.
3
Victor Borge
I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
4
Jeff Bridges
I remember being on a black-and-white set all day and then going out into daylight and being amazed by the colour.
5
Anthony Browne
Although I have two good Anglepoise lights, I much prefer to work by daylight.
6
Eugene Cernan
We went into darkness after being in daylight the whole time on the way to the Moon. And then we went into darkness. And we're in the shadow... of the Moon.
7
Thomas Cole
How lovely are the portals of the night, when stars come out to watch the daylight die.
8
Indra Devi
We've got our own daylight to get bad thoughts away, and we talk with that light - our star in our heart. We take away what's unimportant.
9
Eric Dickerson
I run upright mostly when I see daylight, so if you watch film you'll see I don't get hit in the chest much.
10
Charles Duke
I think the future of lunar bases has to be somewhere around the South or North Pole. You have less variation in temperature and more daylight hours.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DAYLIGHT»

Discover the use of daylight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to daylight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chasing daylight: how my forthcoming death transformed my ...
"Chasing Daylight" is O'Kelly's honest, touching, and ultimately inspirational memoir completed in the three-and-a-half months between his diagnosis with brain cancer and his death in September 2005.
Eugene O'Kelly, Andrew Postman, 2006
2
Chasing Daylight: Seize the Power of Every Moment
Chasing Daylight (previously published as Seizing Your Devine Moment) is a call to live a life of blazing urgency.
Erwin Raphael McManus, 2006
3
Daylight
Sensuous and heavenly, DAYLIGHT combines Elizabeth Knox's greatest gifts, her wildly imaginative storytelling and her clear eye for atmosphere and place. The vampires of DAYLIGHT are distinctly Knoxian, intriguing and intelligently drawn.
Elizabeth Knox, 2003
4
The Daylight Gate
The Daylight Gate, an instant bestseller in the UK, is award-winning Jeanette Winterson’s singular vision of a dark period of complicated morality, sex, and tragic plays for power in a time when politics and religion were closely ...
Jeanette Winterson, 2013
5
In Broad Daylight
Recounts the true story of the murder of Ken Rex McElroy, a man who had terrorized and bullied the citizens of Skidmore, Missouri, and whose killer is still protected by a code of silence.
Harry N. MacLean, 2006
6
Home Before Daylight: My Life on the Road with the Grateful Dead
From San Francisco to Europe to Egypt and back again; from wild parties and horrible tragedies; from laughter to heartbreak--this is the inside story of the most legendary American rock 'n' roll band of all time and the tale of a man who ...
Steve Parish, 2004
7
The Daylight War
As reluctant savior Arlen Bales denies he is the Deliverer, the one prophesied to unite the remnants of humanity against the army of demons that rises each night, Ahmann Jardir initiates a bitter rivalry with Arlen when he claims the title ...
Peter V. Brett, 2013
8
An Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood
The former president offers an account of growing up on a Georgia farm during the Depression and provides profiles of the people who shaped his life.
Jimmy Carter, 2001
9
Hunting Daylight
Out of the shadows… For more than a decade, Caro Barrett has had doubts about the death of her husband, who disappeared while looking for a tribe of day-walking vampires in an African rainforest.
Piper Maitland, 2013
10
Between Daylight and Boonville
"As beguiling as it is original." -The Baltimore Sun "The characters emerge slowly and thrillingly, like a rubbing under a charcoal pencil." -New York Magazine "Williams...draws a remarkably accurate canvas.
Matt Williams, 1983

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DAYLIGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term daylight is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Store clerk shot twice in broad daylight during attempted robbery …
(WRIC) – Police are continuing their search for the man involved in an attempted robbery and shooting in broad daylight at a convenience store ... «WRIC, Jul 15»
2
Elderly Milton Woman Carjacked in Broad Daylight
An elderly woman who was carjacked in her driveway in broad daylight Monday said the suspect threaten her life. The woman, who did not ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
3
Quick arrest in unusual daylight armed robbery
The chief called the crime very unusual in that it was an armed robbery of an individual in broad daylight and said he could recall only one ... «New Albany Gazette, Jul 15»
4
Lagos Robbery: 24-yr-old hacked to death in daylight cult war
A 24-year-old man, Fatai Suleiman, has been killed by suspected cultists in a daring daylight robbery at Iya Agan Street, Off Old Apapa Road, ... «Pulse Nigeria, Jul 15»
5
Lindley woman threatened during broad-daylight robbery at her home
The thugs struck in broad daylight in a busy street in Lindley. The incident happened yesterday at 3.45pm in West Avenue when a 46-year-old ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Jul 15»
6
Couple punched and kicked during daylight assault in Langley
A woman was punched twice in the face and a man was knocked to the ground during a daylight assault in Langley last week. On Thursday, a ... «Slough Express, Jul 15»
7
Daring Daylight Walmart Heist: Man In Security Garb Walks-In, Signs …
A man dressed like a security guard executed a daring daylight heist at Wal-Mart and coolly walked out with $75,000 in cash. The daring heist ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
8
QC woman gunned down in broad daylight
The incident happened in broad daylight, in full view of several people. Yet, the gunmen did it and they managed to flee from the scene. «Coconuts Manila, Jul 15»
9
Woman attacked in daylight near Maryland border, DC police say
A woman walking in the District during the afternoon was robbed by two men who wanted to sexually assault her, D.C. police said on Monday. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
10
WATCH: Khloe Kardashian Hangs Out With Rumored Boyfriend …
The two were seen hanging out together in broad daylight with an entourage as they waited to head back to the airport and home after a ... «OK! Magazine, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Daylight [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/daylight>. May 2024 ».
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