Meaning of daylight | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).
   countable, uncountable
2. A light source that simulates daylight.
   countable, uncountable
3. 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.
   countable
4. The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
   countable, uncountable
5. Daybreak.
   countable, uncountable
6. Exposure to public scrutiny.
   countable, uncountable
7. A clear, open space.
   countable, uncountable
8. The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
   countable
9. Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
10. Meaningful or noticeable difference or distinction between two things, especially concepts.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
11. The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Meronym: sunbeams”

“Near-synonyms: sunlight, sunshine”

“In those days the entire factory was lit only by daylight and was closed at night.”

“burning daylight”

“wasting daylight”

“We should get home while it's still daylight.”

“We had only two hours to work before daylight.”

“Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.”

“Budgeting a spy organization can't very well be done in daylight.”

“All small running backs instinctively run to daylight.”

“He could barely see daylight through the complex clockwork.”

“Finally, after weeks of work on the project, they could see daylight.”

“The minimum and maximum daylights on an injection molding machine determines the sizes of the items it can make.”

“We completely agree. There's no daylight between us on the issue.”

“Sometimes hosts are a little saltier when the cameras aren’t rolling, but I don’t recall ever hearing any daylight between the views they express on-air and off.”

“There's not much daylight between saying that the universe is God and saying that God doesn't exist.”

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