daylightday‧light /ˈdeɪlaɪt/ ●●○ noun 
They’re shy animals and don’t often come out in daylight. The park is open to the public during daylight hours. If possible, it’s better to work in natural daylight. → in broad daylight at broad1(7)2(put) daylight between yourself and somebody informal if you put daylight between yourself and someone else, you make the distance or difference between you larger: Now the team need to put some daylight between themselves and their rivals for the championship.3scare/frighten the (living) daylights out of somebody informal to frighten someone a lot: It scared the living daylights out of me when the flames shot out.4beat/knock the (living) daylights out of somebody informal to hit someone a lot and seriously hurt them5 daylight robbery British English informal a situation in which something costs you a lot more than is reasonable: £2.50 for a cup of coffee? It’s daylight robbery!
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I'd like to look at the house again in daylight.
- Poinsettia plants need a lot of daylight to keep healthy.
- The park is open during daylight hours.
- The robberies usually occur during daylight hours.
- By daylight the fire was almost under control.
- He enjoyed the dance, and, returning with his Confederate escort, was safely landed in his own lines before daylight.
- Noreen quickly took her from Jock and with her brothers beside her ran through the porch of the church into the daylight.
- She was blind as an owl in daylight without glasses: therefore nothing to look at.
- Taking a deep breath, the youth stepped lightly into daylight.
- The daylight faded and she was alone on the sea.
- When daylight came she got up and dressed.
Longman Language Activatorwhen something is too expensive
if you can't afford something, you do not have enough money to buy it or pay for it: · I really need a new coat, but I can't afford one.can't afford to do something: · We couldn't afford to go on holiday last year.can't afford it: · Hiring a lawyer would be expensive, and she just couldn't afford it.
prices, charges, rents etc that are exorbitant or extortionate , are very much higher than they should be, and you think they are unfair: · The restaurant charges exorbitant prices for very ordinary food.· Interest rates for some of the credit cards are extortionate.
spoken informal you say something is a rip-off when you think someone is unfairly charging too much money for it: · Eighty dollars for a pair of jeans? What a rip-off!a complete/total rip-off: · The vacation package we bought ended up being a total rip-off.
prices or costs that are prohibitive or prohibitively expensive are so high that people cannot pay them or decide not to pay them because they are too expensive: · For most people, the cost of living in the centre of town is prohibitive.· The computer was superior to other models, but it was prohibitively expensive.
prices that are much higher than usual and much higher than they should be, so that the person who charges them can make a big profit: · Nightclubs often charge inflated prices for drinks.at inflated prices: · Some people buy large blocks of tickets and then try to sell them at vastly inflated prices.
informal prices, charges, rents etc that are steep seem unusually or surprisingly high: · I think £7 for a drink is a bit steep, don't you?· It's hard to find an apartment around here, and when you do the rents are pretty steep.
British /be highway robbery American informal if you say that a price or charge is daylight robbery or highway robbery you mean it is very much higher than it should be: · I'm not paying £5 for an ice-cream - that's daylight robbery!· We knew it was highway robbery, but we had no choice but to pay.
to make something so expensive that people will no longer buy it because they can buy something similar at a lower price: be priced out of the market: · British electrical equipment is likely to be priced out of the market by cheap imports.price yourself out of the market: · Ford don't want to raise its prices any more - it's worried about pricing itself out of the market.
light from the sun, a fire, an electric light etc · Light was coming into the room through a crack in the door.· a gas lamp that gives as much light as a 100 watt bulbthe light (=the amount of natural light in a place) · The light was fading, and I was afraid we wouldn't be home before dark.good/strong/bright light · The light isn't good enough to take a photograph.poor/dim/fading light · In the fading light she could just make out the shape of a tractor.soft/warm light · The valley was bathed in the soft light of dawn.cold/harsh light · the cold blue light of the Arcticblinding/dazzling light (=very strong light that hurts your eyes) · a sudden flash of blinding lightby the light of the moon/the fire/a candle (=with only the moon etc to give light) · She sat reading by the light of the fire.
spoken use this to say that there is natural daylight, so that you can see easily enough to do something: · Let's go now while it's still light.· It's not light enough to play outside.
the natural light of day: in daylight: · I'd like to look at the house again in daylight.daylight hours (=the time when it is light): · The park is open during daylight hours.
the light from the sun: · Her long blonde hair was shining in the sunlight.· We emerged from the dark forest into the sunlight. direct sunlight: · Keep the plant out of direct sunlight.
the light from the moon: · The trees looked strangely white in the moonlight.· Moonlight came in through the curtains, lighting up the children's sleeping faces.
a very bright and unpleasant light that makes you want to close your eyes or turn your head away: glare of: · the glare of the car's headlights· The heat and glare of the furnace is immense.
a soft pleasant light, especially from something that is burning: · Candles give a warm glow to the room.glow of: · the orange glow of the sunset
a line of light shining from something such as a lamp: · We could see the beams of searchlights scanning the sky.beam of light: · Maggie stumbled across the field with only a narrow beam of light from her flashlight to help her.
a line of light, especially one shining from the sun: · Use a sunscreen to protect your skin against the sun's harmful rays.· The first rays of the sun pierced the canopy of leaves above us, and the forest began to wake up.
when something happens in a place where everyone can see if someone does something, especially something unpleasant or shocking, in full view of a group of people, they do it in a place where people can see it clearly: · The muggers stole his mobile and wallet in full view of a crowd of shoppers.· He made an obscene gesture in full view of TV cameras.
if something happens in front of someone, it happens where they can see it, especially when it is shocking or unpleasant: · The man was shot in front of his wife and three children.· The waitress complained that her employer had humiliated her in front of customers.right in front of somebody (=use this to emphasize how shocking something is): · Mom grabbed my arm and scolded me, right in front of all my friends.
if something surprising or shocking happens before your eyes , it happens very close to you, so that you can see it clearly: · Before our very eyes, he produced $50,000 out of his suitcase and offered to buy the house.right before your eyes: · When you see someone murdered right before your eyes, you don't forget it easily.
if a crime or something shocking happens in broad daylight , it happens during the day in a public place where people can see it: · He gunned down a man in broad daylight and got away.· A woman was attacked in broad daylight, right in front of our office.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The park is open to the public during daylight hours.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
The park is open to the public during daylight hours. (=scare someone very much) The alarm scared the hell out of me.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE The alarm scared the hell out of me.· Good natural daylight and attractive views are less important but should certainly be taken into consideration.· If possible, natural daylight should be given.· There are three main sources of light, the first of which is the sun which provides natural daylight.· Plants need to photosynthesise in order to grow. Natural daylight is not enough to allow for this process.· Work in natural daylight if possible or under a soft lamp or candlelight.· You start off learning about it by studying natural light, daylight.· Moreover, he only works on one picture at a time and only by natural daylight.
NOUN· If it is injured or sick it may sit quietly in an unusually visible position during daylight hours.· In the summer I do more daylight hours on the medical end.· And during daylight hours Jean-Claude told me he used to sit concealed in the hollow in front of the cave.· Also the relative positions of the sun and moon through the daylight hours should be similarly mapped.· Nor will the spider give away the presence of her home during daylight hours.· For the entire month, families abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours in an act of sacrifice and purification.· He can do his gallivanting in the daylight hours with or without milk bottles.· Montana will have no speed limit during daylight hours.
VERB· But a very well worked try by New Zealand winger Ritchie Stevens just before the interval put daylight between the teams.
· You can walk for hours and never see daylight, under the Paris Opera House.· At the height of the Maine summer; when dawn came early, the town did not see the daylight.· She was very ill for a while, and since then has not seen daylight.· But none of those projects saw daylight.· I could see daylight through a keyhole.· For eight days on end, beat officers, half the rank-and-file establishment, saw little daylight.· We are driving through parts of Brixton that look like they've never seen daylight.· She pounded after him desperately; she could still see him, though daylight had all but died.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► (put) daylight between yourself and somebody► scare/frighten the (living) daylights out of somebody► beat/knock the (living) daylights out of somebodyPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[uncountable] the light produced by the sun during the dayin daylight- Mind, you wouldn't believe some of the prices they charge up West, talk about daylight robbery.
- A woman was attacked in broad daylight, right in front of our office.
- He gunned down a man in broad daylight and got away.
- The attack happened in broad daylight, in one of the busiest parts of town.
They’re shy animals and don’t often come out in daylight. The park is open to the public during daylight hours. If possible, it’s better to work in natural daylight. → in broad daylight at broad1(7)2(put) daylight between yourself and somebody informal if you put daylight between yourself and someone else, you make the distance or difference between you larger: Now the team need to put some daylight between themselves and their rivals for the championship.3scare/frighten the (living) daylights out of somebody informal to frighten someone a lot: It scared the living daylights out of me when the flames shot out.4beat/knock the (living) daylights out of somebody informal to hit someone a lot and seriously hurt them5 daylight robbery British English informal a situation in which something costs you a lot more than is reasonable: £2.50 for a cup of coffee? It’s daylight robbery!