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day·light  (dlt)

n.

1. The light of day; sunlight.

2.

a. Daybreak.

b. Daytime.

3. Exposure to public notice: corrupt business practices that were finally brought into the daylight.

4. Understanding or insight into what was formerly obscure: new evidence that gave the researchers some daylight into the matter.

5. Sports An opening, as between defensive players, especially one providing an opportunity for action: The running back found some daylight and gained six yards.

6. daylights Slang One's wits: "His adventurism had scared the daylights out of them" (Frederick Forsyth).

Idiom:

see daylight

To make sufficient progress so that completion of a project seems possible.

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daylight

Noun

1. light from the sun

2. daytime

3. daybreak

4. see daylight to realize that the end of a difficult task is approaching

See also daylights

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	daylight - 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" daytime, day period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" 24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day" forenoon, morn, morning, morning time - the time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning running errands" afternoon - the part of the day between noon and evening; "he spent a quiet afternoon in the park" midafternoon - the middle part of the afternoon even, evening, eventide, eve - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
	2.	daylight - light during the daytime light, visible light, visible radiation - (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"

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daylight

noun 1. sunlight, sunshine, light of day

noun 2. daytime, broad daylight, daylight hours

Translations

daylight [ˈdeɪlaɪt] n → luz f (del día)

daylight [ˈdeɪlaɪt] day n → (lumière f du) jour m

daylight [ˈdeɪlaɪt] day n → Tageslicht nt

daylight [ˈdeɪlaɪt] n → luce f del giorno