daylight
/ˈdeɪlʌɪt
/noun [mass noun]
1The natural light of the day: [as modifier]: the daylight hours...
- Because we had only oil lamps for light I only worked during daylight hours.
- She stared at the dancing flames for hours, daylight passing to twilight and then to darkness.
- They also recommend hunters check out the land during daylight hours to identify public footpaths and other obvious dangers.
Synonyms
natural light, sunlight, light of day
daytime, daylight hours, day, hours of sunlight;
broad daylight
1.1The first appearance of light in the morning; dawn: I returned at daylight...
- The next morning at first daylight we prepared the cars, we packed our bags, we got ready to leave the hotel.
- It wasn't until daylight this morning, I found that a window in my front door had been badly cracked.
- I definitely wanted the animal out of my driveway before daylight and the Monday morning carpool.
Synonyms
dawn, daybreak, break of day, crack of dawn, sunrise, first light, first thing in the morning, early morning, cockcrow;
North American sunup
literary dawning, peep of day, aurora, dayspring
1.2An appreciable distance or difference between one person or thing and another: their views on education are so close that it’s difficult to see daylight between them the growing daylight between himself and the leading jockey...
- Brent Peters' men finally put some daylight between the two sides in the 90th minute.
- Garryowen responded quickly and two tries and a penalty put daylight between the teams.
- Joe McCann and Sean McDermott continued to score vital baskets to keep daylight between the teams.
Phrases
—— the living daylights out of
see daylight