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Definition: Daytime |
DaytimeAdjective1. Happening during or appropriate to the day; "a daytime job"; "daytime television"; "daytime clothes". Noun1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "daytime" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: DaytimeSynonyms: day (n), daylight (n). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: nighttime (adj), night (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Daytime |
| English words defined with "daytime": Adays ♦ blue, blueness ♦ day camp, Day school, daylight, Diurna, Diurnal arc ♦ matinee, morning dress ♦ parotid gland ♦ sea breeze. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "daytime": day/night level, daytime character, daytime trunk control ♦ E-layer ♦ freeze-thaw cycle ♦ half listening, homopause ♦ picnic site ♦ SPORADIC E ♦ Thermal Energy Storage. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Pushing the night into the daytime (Mad About You; performing artist: Belinda Carlisle) He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright (Sultans Of Swing; performing artist: Dire Straits) All My Children in the daytime, Dallas at night ("The Message"; performing artist: Grandmaster Flash) She won't stop trippin' on the daytime vibe (It's over Now; performing artist: Neve) | |
Clever | Most books now say our sun is a star, but it still knows how to change back into a sun in the daytime. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Daytime Wives (1923) | |
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![]() | One of the 8th Fighter Wing's newly upgraded F-16 Fighting Falcons touches down for the first time at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 17. The aircraft is one of three that arrived at the Wolf Pack, marking the transition from a primarily daytime. | Cape Blanco Lighthouse during daytime. Credit: J. Brende. | |
![]() | Victory food from American waters. Heavy nets slide down Old Glory's side at fishing grounds off the New England coast where rosefish are being sought. This species of fish can be caught only in daytime. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Leader's, business in Lima, Ohio. Daytime dresses. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Albert Steiger Company, Springfield, Massachusetts. Daytime dresses I. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Leon Chatelain Jr., architect. Congregational Church on Massachusettes Ave. in daytime. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Millenium Wheel 01" by Vaughan James Commentary: "Photo of the Millenium Wheel against a beautiful daytime sky with light clouds." | "At noon" by Sachie Yamazaki Commentary: "A cat at the night pubs area in the daytime. japan<br>." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The fire which the female Jondrette had made ready in the daytime. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And then they went back to the fields and were wild cats from then on, hunting gophers and field mice, and sleeping in ditches in the daytime. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | From these basins the water is continually exhaled by the sun in the daytime, which effectually prevents their overflowing |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Daytime wetting is more common in girls. (references) | |
Daytime naps are not a replacement for nighttime sleep. (references) | ||
Some drugs in this group may result in daytime drowsiness. (references) | ||
Business | Because of cost considerations, heavy daytime surfers tend to be business users or the more affluent consumer. (references) | |
During the first half of 1999, an increase of daytime crimes directed at their delivery trucks and factories had been noticed. (references) | ||
Discount stores that remain open for 24-hours are becoming popular as consumers are given the option to shop whenever their schedule permits and at the same time avoid heavy daytime traffic. (references) | ||
Children | Peru | However, largely because of widespread poverty, approximately one-third of all school-age children and adolescents work during daytime hours rather than attend school. (references) |
India | Press reports described horrific conditions in many mental hospitals elsewhere in the country, including one where inmates were chained in a row on a stone floor in an ill-lit room during the daytime. (references) | |
Economic History | Japan | Together with the demands by manufacturers for just-in-time parts and components delivery from subcontractors, this results in huge numbers of trucks on inadequate urban roads and highways during daytime business hours, slowing traffic to a crawl in major urban centers. (references) |
Political Economy | SWEDEN | Employees under age 18 may work only during daytime and under supervision. (references) |
OMAN | Non-Muslim workers are expected to respect the Ramadan month of daytime fasting by not publicly drinking or eating. (references) | |
Travel | Saudi Arabia | Hotels offer special daytime food services for their non-Muslim guests. (references) |
Women | Saudi Arabia | Some women participate in Al-Mesyar (or "short daytime visit") marriages, or what are described as "weekend marriages," in which the women relinquish their legal rights to financial support and nighttime cohabitation. (references) |
Worker Rights | Burundi | In practice children under the age of 16 in rural areas do heavy manual labor in the daytime during the school year. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bob Barker | The whole audience. On the Army night was Army. The whole audience on Navy night was Navy. And we took the contestants right out of the audience, just as we do on our daytime show. It would be Lt. Bill Smith, come on down. |
Fran Drescher | I will probably do a movie, I will probably do a Broadway play. I'm working on a series for MTV, and I'm talking about doing a daytime talk show. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Daytime" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.25% of the time. "Daytime" is used about 532 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.25% | 528 | 11,584 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.75% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 532 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "daytime": daytime airglow ♦ daytime character ♦ daytime coverage ♦ daytime running lamps ♦ daytime running lights ♦ daytime service ♦ daytime trunk control ♦ daytime work ♦ in the daytime ♦ use of daytime running lights. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "daytime"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | bedags (by, by day, during, during the day, in the daytime). (various references) | |
Albanian | ditë (day, days, hour). (various references) | |
Arabic | وضح النهار (broad daylight, midday), خلال النهار. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | денем (by day). (various references) | |
Chinese | 白天 (day, during the day). (various references) | |
Czech | denní doba, den (day). (various references) | |
Danish | dagslys (day airglow, dayglow, daylight, daytime airglow), dagrejse (daytime journey), dagregion (daytime region), dagforbindelse (daytime coverage, daytime service, ground-wave coverage), daekning om dagen (daytime coverage, daytime service, ground-wave coverage), topbetegnelse på dagsømærke (daytime character), støj om dagen (daytime noise), ozonværdi om dagen (daytime value of ozone, diurnal ozone value, diurnal value of ozone), ozonprofil om dagen (daytime ozone profile, daytime profile, diurnal ozone profile, diurnal profile), oxidering i dagtimerne (daytime oxidation), modtagning om dagen (daytime reception). (various references) | |
Dutch | dienst bij daglicht (daytime coverage, daytime service, ground-wave coverage), daggesprek (daytime call), daghemellicht (day airglow, dayglow, daytime airglow), dagonderwijs voor volwassenen (daytime class, daytime course), dagozonprofiel (daytime ozone profile, daytime profile, diurnal ozone profile, diurnal profile), dagreis (daytime journey), dagverwerking van post (processing of mail in the daytime), daytime trunk control (daytime trunk control), zone bij daglicht (daytime region), ontvangst bij daglicht (daytime reception), attentielamp (day running light, daytime running light, driving light), overdag (by day, during the day, in the daytime), oxidatie overdag (daytime oxidation), oxydatie overdag (daytime oxidation), ozondagwaarde (daytime value of ozone, diurnal ozone value, diurnal value of ozone), ruis bij daglicht (daytime noise), semimurale gezondheidszorg (daytime care), bedekking bij daglicht (daytime coverage, daytime service, ground-wave coverage), hemellicht overdag (day airglow, dayglow, daytime airglow). (various references) | |
Esperanto | tage (by day, daily, in the daytime). (various references) | |
Faeroese | um dagin (by day, during the day, in the daytime). (various references) | |
Farsi | مدت روز, هنگام روز, روز (Day). (various references) | |
Finnish | q-tyyppinen sporadinen E-kerros päivällä (q-type sporadic E during daytime), päivittäinen otsoniarvo (daytime value of ozone, diurnal ozone value, diurnal value of ozone), päivisin (by day, in the daytime), päivineen (by day, in the daytime), päiväsaikainen vastaanotto (daytime reception), päiväsaikainen kohina (daytime noise), päivänvaloalue (daytime region), päiväajan otsoniprofiili (daytime ozone profile, daytime profile, diurnal ozone profile, diurnal profile), päiväajan ilmahehku (day airglow, dayglow, daytime airglow), keskusjohtojen ohjaus päivisin (daytime trunk control). (various references) | |
French | pendant la journée. (various references) | |
Frisian | daagliks (by day, daily, during the day, in the daytime). (various references) | |
German | Tageszeit. (various references) | |
Greek | καμπύλη ημερήσιας κατανομής όζοντος (daytime ozone profile, daytime profile, diurnal ozone profile, diurnal profile), έλεγχος ημερήσιων ζεύξεων (daytime trunk control), σποραδικό στρώμα E τύπου Q στη διάρκεια της ημέρας (q-type sporadic E during daytime), χαρακτήρας της ημέρας (daytime character), ημερήσια κάλυψη (daytime coverage, daytime service, ground-wave coverage), ημερήσια περιοχή (daytime region), ημερήσια υπηρεσία (daytime coverage, daytime service, ground-wave coverage), ημερήσια φωταύγεια του ουρανού (day airglow, dayglow, daytime airglow), ημερήσια λήψη (daytime reception), ημερήσια τιμή όζοντος (daytime value of ozone, diurnal ozone value, diurnal value of ozone), ημερήσιος θόρυβος (daytime noise), ημερήσιο ταξίδι (daytime journey), ταξίδι κατά τη διάρκεια της ημέρας (daytime journey), οξείδωση κατά την ημέρα (daytime oxidation). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שעות היום. (various references) | |
Hungarian | nappal (by day, day, day time, in the day time, in the daytime). (various references) | |
Indonesian | siang hari (daylight, day-time, diurnal). (various references) | |
Italian | giorno (day, daylight), giornata (day). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 昼 (noon). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひなか (broad daylight), ひあし (position of the sun, spreading of a fire), ひるひなか (noon), ひるま (during the day), ひる (leech, noon, to dry), にっちゅう (during the day, Sino-Japanese), はくちゅう (be equal with, match someone, midday), ちゅうかん (during the day, interim, middle, midway, volume two). (various references) | |
Korean | 주간 (Weeklies, Weekly). (various references) | |
Manx | laa (day). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aytimeday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | zona diurna (daytime region), serviço diurno (daytime coverage, daytime service, ground-wave coverage), ruído diurno (daytime noise), recepção diurna (daytime reception), oxidação diurna (daytime oxidation), luz do céu/luz celeste diurna (day airglow, dayglow, daytime airglow), luminiscência do céu diurna (day airglow, dayglow, daytime airglow), controlo diurno de junções (daytime trunk control), cobertura diurna (daytime coverage, daytime service, ground-wave coverage), camada E esporádica do tipo q durante o dia (q-type sporadic E during daytime). (various references) | |
Russian | днем (by day, in the daytime, in the day-time), день (day, parting day). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dan (day, twenty four hours). (various references) | |
Spanish | tiempo de día. (various references) | |
Swedish | dagtid (day-time). (various references) | |
Tswana | motshegare (lunch). (various references) | |
Turkish | iş günü (weekday, workday, working day), gündüz (day, daylight). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gьndizine, gьndiz. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Peter Chapter 2, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Komioumenoi misqon adikiaV hdonhn hgoumenoi thn en hmera trufhn spiloi kai mwmoi entrufwnteV en taiV apataiV autwn suneuwcoumenoi umin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Percipientes mercedem iniustitiae voluptatem existimantes diei delicias coinquinationes et maculae deliciis affluentes in conviviis suis luxuriantes vobiscum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And resseyue the hire of vnriytwisnesse. And thei gessen delicis of defouling and of wemme, to be likyngis of dai, flowynge in her feestis with delicis, doynge letcherie with you, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And receave the rewarde of vnrightewesnes.They count it pleasure to live deliciously for a season. Spottes they are and filthines livinge at pleasure and in disceaveable wayes feastynge with you: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day-time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Peter Chapter 2, Verse 13 |
| Cebuano | nga magaantus sa kadaut nga balus sa ilang pagpangdaut. Alang kanila ang pagkalipay mao ang paghudyaka sa maadlaw. Sila mga buling ug mga hugaw, nga nanagpanghudyaka sa ilang pagpatuyang samtang anaa sila managkombira uban kaninyo. |
| Croatian | zadesit æe ih nepravda, plaæa nepravednosti. Užitkom smatraju razvratnost u pol bijela dana. Ljage i sramote! Naslaðuju se prijevarama svojim dok se s vama goste. |
| Danish | idet de få Uretfærdigheds Løn. De sætte deres Lyst i Vellevned om Dagen, disse Skampletter og Skændselsmennesker! De svælge i deres Bedragerier, medens de holde Gilde med eder; |
| Dutch | En zullen verkrijgen het loon der ongerechtigheid, als die de dagelijkse weelde hun vermaak achten, zijnde vlekken en smetten, en zijn weelderig in hun bedriegerijen, als zij in de maaltijden met u zijn; |
| Finnish | saaden vääryyden palkan; he pitävät nautintonaan elää päivänsä hekumassa; he ovat tahra- ja häpeäpilkkuja; he herkuttelevat petoksissaan, kemuillessaan teidän kanssanne; |
| French | recevant ainsi le salaire de leur iniquité. Ils trouvent leurs délices à se livrer au plaisir en plein jour; hommes tarés et souillés, ils se délectent dans leurs tromperies, en faisant bonne chère avec vous. |
| German | und den Lohn der Ungerechtigkeit davonbringen. Sie achten für Wollust das zeitliche Wohlleben, sie sind Schandflecken und Laster, prangen von euren Almosen, prassen mit dem Euren, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sebagai ganjaran atas penderitaan yang telah mereka sebabkan, mereka akan menderita sengsara. Bagi mereka, hal yang menyenangkan hati ialah melakukan apa saja pada siang hari guna memuaskan keinginan badan mereka. Kalau mereka duduk bersama-sama kalian dalam pesta makan, sikap mereka memuakkan karena mereka mabuk dengan hawa nafsu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | mendapat upah kesalahannya. Maka mereka itu mensifatkan hidup dengan lazatnya pada siang hari itu suatu kesukaan, serta menjadi cacat dan cela di dalam hal menyesatkan kamu apabila mereka itu makan dengan kamu. |
| Italian | subendo il castigo come salario dell'iniquità. Essi stimano felicità il piacere d'un giorno; sono tutta sporcizia e vergogna; si dilettano dei loro inganni mentre fan festa con voi; |
| Maori | Ka whiwhi ki te utu o te he; he tangata e ahuareka ana ki te kakai awatea, he ira ratou, he makenu, e ruku ana ki a ratou hakari ngahau i a ratou e hakari tahi ana me koutou; |
| Norwegian | og få urettferdighets lønn. De setter sin lyst i å bruke dagen til vellevnet; disse styggelser og skamflekker, de fråtser i sin svik når de holder gilde med eder; |
| Rumanian | wi kwi vor lua astfel plata cuvenitq pentru nelegiuirea lor. Fericirea lor este sq trqiascq kn plqceri ziua nameaza mare. Ca niwte kntinayi wi spurcayi, se pun pe chefuit la mesele lor de dragoste, cknd ospqteazq kmpreunq cu voi. |
| Russian | пОЙ РПМХЮБФ ЧПЪНЕЪДЙЕ ЪБ ВЕЪЪБЛПОЙЕ, ЙВП ПОЙ РПМБЗБАФ ХДПЧПМШУФЧЙЕ ЧП ЧУЕДОЕЧОПК ТПУЛПЫЙ; УТБНОЙЛЙ Й ПУЛЧЕТОЙФЕМЙ, ПОЙ ОБУМБЦДБАФУС ПВНБОБНЙ УЧПЙНЙ, РЙТЫЕУФЧХС У ЧБНЙ. |
| Shuar | Chikichan Wáitkiamia aintsan Wáitsartatui. Tuke tsawant ni wakeramunak Túruiniak "waraajai" tuiniawai. Tura atumjai irunar Yurumáiniayatan atumin anankramawar warainiawai. Nuka natsantaiti. |
| Spanish | Recibirán injusticia como pago de la injusticia, porque consideran delicia el gozar en pleno día de placeres sensuales. Éstos son manchas y suciedad que mientras comen con vosotros se deleitan en sus engaños. |
| Swahili | na watalipwa mateso kwa mateso ambayo wameyasababisha. Furaha yao ni kufanya, tena mchana kabisa, chochote kinachotosheleza anasa zao za mwili. Hao ni fedheha na aibu tupu kwa jumuiya yenu wakati wanapojiunga nanyi katika karamu zenu, bali wakifurahia njia zao za udanganyifu. |
| Swedish | och de skola så bliva bedragna på den lön som de vilja vinna genom orättfärdighet. De hava sin lust i kräsligt leverne mitt på ljusa dagen. De äro skamfläckar och styggelser, där de vid gästabuden, som de få hålla med eder, frossa i sina njutningar. |
| Uma | Huku' to mporumpa' -ra toe mpai' hintotoa hante gau' -ra. Po'ingku guru agama to boa' toera me'eai' lia. Bangku' hi eo-na rapokono lia mpotuku' konoa woto-ra moto. Hi poromua-ni, ngkoni' -ra hangkaa-ngkania hante koi', pai' -ra mpe'ohai konoa woto-ra. Ngkai kehi-ra toe pai' alaa-na raruge' doo-koi, apa' ra'uli' koi' hibalia kehi-ni hante guru to boa' toera. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "daytime": daytimes. (additional references) | |
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"Daytime" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caytiue, Datemi, datim, datume, dayrie, daytimer, Dydime, dytime, Fatimeh, laytime. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "daytime" (pronounced dā"tī'm) |
| 3 | -t ī' m | airtime, anytime, bedtime, nighttime, noontime, overtime, pastime, peacetime, ragtime, centime, dinnertime, downtime, flextime, halftime, lifetime, longtime, lunchtime, maritime, mealtime, meantime, schooltime, showtime, sometime, springtime, summertime, wartime, wintertime. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-m-t-y" | |
-2 letters: admit, aimed, amide, amity, deity, demit, etyma, mated, matey, mayed, meaty, media, tamed, timed. | |
-3 letters: adit, aide, amid, amie, dame, date, demy, diet, dime, dita, dite, edit, emit, emyd, idea, idem, item, made, maid, mate, mead, meat, meta, mite, mity, tame, team, tide, tidy, tied, time, yeti. | |
-4 letters: aid, aim, ait, ami, ate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-m-t-y" | |
+1 letter: daytimes, dynamite. | |
+2 letters: diathermy, dynamited, dynamiter, dynamites, mediately, mediatory, mendacity, taxidermy. | |
+3 letters: acidimetry, admittedly, animatedly, audiometry, dynamiters, martyrized, myelinated, radiometry. | |
+4 letters: determinacy, dilatometry, hemihydrate, immediately, maledictory, rudimentary, sedimentary, semiaridity, sympathised, sympathized, tragicomedy. | |
+5 letters: determinably, domestically, dynamometric, hemihydrated, hemihydrates, immoderately, intermediacy, intermediary, meditatively, methodically, multilayered, systematised, systematized, unmyelinated. | |
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