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- [dey-lahyt]
- /ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/
- /ˈdeɪ.laɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dey-lahyt]
- /ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/
Definitions of daylight word
- uncountable noun daylight Daylight is the natural light that there is during the day, before it gets dark. 3
- uncountable noun daylight Daylight is the time of day when it begins to get light. 3
- noun daylight light from the sun 3
- noun daylight (as modifier) 3
- noun daylight the period when it is light; daytime 3
- abbreviation DAYLIGHT daybreak 3
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Origin of daylight
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1175-1225; See origin at day, light1
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Parts of speech for Daylight
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
daylight popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for daylight
noun daylight
- dawn — Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises.
- light — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- aurora — an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands, curtains, or streamers of light, usually green, red, or yellow, that move across the sky in polar regions. It is caused by collisions between air molecules and charged particles from the sun that are trapped in the earth's magnetic field
- daybreak — Daybreak is the time in the morning when light first appears.
- day — A day is one of the seven twenty-four hour periods of time in a week.
adjective daylight
- diurnal — of or relating to a day or each day; daily.
Antonyms for daylight
noun daylight
- night — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- sunset — the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- darkness — the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.
- nighttime — the time between evening and morning.
- dusk — the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
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