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Daytime definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DA'YTIME, n. The time of the sun's light on the earth; as opposed to night.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" [syn: day, daytime, daylight] [ant: dark, night, nighttime]

Merriam Webster's

noun Usage: often attributive Date: 1535 the time during which there is daylight

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the part of the day when there is natural light.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Daytime Day"time` (-t[imac]m`), n. The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. The daytime is the part of a day between the time when it gets light and the time when it gets dark. In the daytime he stayed up in his room, sleeping, or listening to music... Please give a daytime telephone number... N-SING: the N, also no det 2. Daytime television and radio is broadcast during the morning and afternoon on weekdays. ...ITV's new package of daytime programmes. ADJ: ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

broad day, dawn, day, day glow, daylight, dayshine, daytide, dusk, full sun, green flash, light of day, midday sun, noonlight, noontide light, ray of sunshine, shine, sun spark, sunbeam, sunbreak, sunburst, sunlight, sunshine, twilight