daylight
pronunciation
How to pronounce daylight in British English:
UK [ˈdeɪlaɪt]
How to pronounce daylight in American English:
US [ˈdeɪlaɪt]
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- Noun:
- the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- light during the daytime
Word Origin
- daylight (n.)
- c. 1300 (as two words from mid-12c., daies liht), from day + light (n.); its figurative sense of "clearly visible open space between two things" (1820) has been used in references to boats in a race, U.S. football running backs avoiding opposing tackles, a rider and a saddle, and the rim of a glass and the surface of the liquor. The (living) daylights that you beat out of someone were originally slang for "the eyes" (1752), extended figuratively to the vital senses.
Example
- 1. No , only the special neutral or daylight bulbs .
- 2. Daylight saving would bring other benefits .
- 3. Second , the results may not apply to americans because daylight hours and sleep patterns are different than those in norway .
- 4. But when this sky grows dull , or the daylight fades , then once again new york becomes the big city , prison by day and funeral pyre by night .
- 5. In the kitchen one saturday before daylight , I remember complaining to my father and grandfather about having to go milk those cows . My father said , you know , boy , to work is a blessing .