day-light

Noun

daylight (countable and uncountable, plural daylights)

1. The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).
   • Meronym: sunbeams

   Synonyms:

   sunlight, sunshine

2. A light source that simulates daylight.
3. (countable) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
4. The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
   • burning daylight

   Synonyms:

   daytime, day, daylength, photoperiod

5. Daybreak.
   • We had only two hours to work before daylight.

   Synonyms:

   sunlight, sunrise, dayspring, dawn, ass crack of dawn, break, break of dawn, break of day, butt crack of dawn, cockcrow

6. Exposure to public scrutiny.
   • Budgeting a spy organization can't very well be done in daylight.

   Synonyms:

   sunshine

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