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daytime Definition

day·time (-tīm′)

noun

the time between dawn and dusk; also, the time between sunrise and sunset

daytime Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • currently: Currently daytime 0870 calls usually cost around 8 pence per minute from fixed-lines.

Preposition: on

  • weekday: The hotel is having some building work done during daytime on weekdays and is due to complete by end November 2005.

Preposition: during

  • holiday: Playschemes operate throughout the year during term-time and daytime during the holidays.

Modifies a noun

  • sleepiness: Recognizing That Your Body Needs Sleep For many involved in a crisis, daytime sleepiness is a frequent problem.
  • nap: For some patients, a short daytime nap is beneficial.
  • maxima: Yet it remained reasonably warm with daytime maxima reaching the low to mid 20s.
  • roost: Our next stop was under a road bridge where we got superb views of a Barn Owl on its daytime roost.
  • temperature: Expect daytime temperatures to be below freezing for most of the season.
  • drowsiness: Persistent daytime drowsiness in people with epilepsy was not always due to the side effects of some anti-epileptic drugs.

Used with adjective complement

  • have: Our current 2 for 1 offer gives you the option of having daytime driving glasses as your free second pair.
  • run: I'm used to commissioning high-volume shows because of my time running daytime.
daytime Quotes

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both were sober.

—Thurber,James Grover

Browse dictionary entries near daytime

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  1. Dayton
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  4. daze
  5. dazed
  6. dazzle
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  8. dB/km
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