daytime

• day-time

From day +‎ time.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪtaɪm/

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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.

• day; see also Thesaurus:daytime

• night, nighttime; see also Thesaurus:nighttime

daytime (not comparable)

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

   daytime television

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

• (antonym(s) of “pertaining to daytime”): evening, night, nighttime
• (antonym(s) of “happening during the day”): evening, night, nighttime

• daytime drama

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