daytime

See also: day-time and day time

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Etymology

day + time

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeɪtaɪm/

Noun

daytime (usually uncountable, plural daytimes)

  1. The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.
    • 1944 November and December, “"Duplex Roomette" Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 324:
      In the daytime the beds are made up but completely out of sight, giving the passenger a comfortable little private room; as the time for retiring comes, after preparing for rest in the same spacious conditions, he is able, practically at a touch, to pull the bed into position ready for use.

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daytime (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to daytime; appropriate to the day.
  2. Happening during the day.
    daytime television

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  • (pertaining to daytime): day
  • (happening during the day): day

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