daylight
The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).
Other meanings
A light source that simulates daylight.
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.
Synonyms
- day
- daytime
Related words
- multidaylight
- predaylight
- broad daylight
- daylight robbery
- see daylight
- beat the daylight out of
- burn daylight
- daylight factory
- daylight overdraft
- daylight saving
- daylight saving time
- daylight savings
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "daye-lighte".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “daylight” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.