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DAYT-ym/ˈdeɪtaɪm/

Daytime is the hours of the day when there is light, as opposed to night (usually uncountable): daytime temperature; in the daytime. Daylight is the light itself (already in the dictionary); night-time is the opposite. Daytime temperature featured in the climate table. Mix-up: daytime vs day time as two words in old sources; daylight; do not write daytime for a TV schedule slogan with no clock hours.

Meaning

The hours of the day when there is light, as opposed to night (usually uncountable).

Examples

• “Daytime temperature featured in the climate table, not a soap-opera slogan.”
• “A daytime ban featured in the by-law, which is the hours-of-daylight sense — still quote the clock times.”

Good to know

in the daytime; daytime hours / temperature / television. Close: daylight. Opposite: night / night-time. Trap: a schedule slogan. Geography, science, and citizenship. The light hours of the day — quote the temperature or the clock times.

Near in meaning

daylight, day, morning

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