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day·time

(dā′tīm′)

The time between sunrise and sunset.

adj.

Occurring in or appropriate for use during the day: daytime tasks; daytime clothes.

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daytime

(ˈdeɪˌtaɪm)

the time between dawn and dusk; the day as distinct from evening or night

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day•time

(ˈdeɪˌtaɪm)

n.

1. the time between sunrise and sunset.

adj.

2. occurring, offered, or done during the day.

[1525–35]

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Noun

daytime - 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"

daylight, 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"

daytime

noun day, daylight, waking hours, daylight hours, hours of light, hours of sunlight In the daytime he stayed in his room, watching TV.

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Translations

نَهارنَهَار

dendenní doba

dagtimedagtimer

päiväsaika

dan

dagtími; aî degi til

giorno

昼間

주간

vo dne

podnevi

dag

เวลากลางวัน

gündüz

ban ngày

日间白天

daytime

[ˈdeɪtaɪm]

A. N → día m
in the daytime → de día

B. ADJ → de día
please give a daytime telephone number → por favor dé un teléfono de contacto durante el día

C. CPD daytime TV N → programación f de televisión matinal or matutina, televisión f matinal or matutina

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

daytime

[ˈdeɪtaɪm]

n
to be daytime (= daylight) → faire jour
in the daytime → pendant la journée

modif [programme, number] → de la journéedaytime television n → émissions fpl de la journéeday-to-day [ˌdeɪtəˈdeɪ] adj [life, routine, expenses] → quotidien(ne)
on a day-to-day basis (= day by day) → au jour le jour (= every day) → quotidiennementday trader n (FINANCE) courtier réalisant ses opérations sur une journéeday trip n → excursion f (d'une journée)day tripper n → excursionniste mf

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

daytime

n → Tag m; in the daytime → bei Tage, tagsüber, während des Tages

attr → am Tage; raid → am hellen or hellichten Tage; what’s your daytime phone number? → unter welcher Nummer sind Sie tagsüber erreichbar?; daytime course → Tageskurs m; daytime job → Tagesjob m; daytime television → Fernsehen nt → während des Tages, Vor- und Nachmittagsprogramm nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

daytime

[ˈdeɪˌtaɪm]

1. n → giorno
in the daytime → di giorno

2. adj → di giorno

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day

(dei) noun

1. the period from sunrise to sunset. She worked all day; The days are warm but the nights are cold.

2. a part of this period eg that part spent at work. How long is your working day?; The school day ends at 3 o'clock; I see him every day.

3. the period of twenty-four hours from one midnight to the next. How many days are in the month of September?

4. (often in plural) the period of, or of the greatest activity, influence, strength etc of (something or someone). in my grandfather's day; in the days of steam-power.

ˈdaybreak noun

dawn; the first appearance of light. We left at daybreak.

ˈday-dream noun

a dreaming or imagining of pleasant events; the making of unreal plans etc while awake.

verb

She often day-dreams.

ˈdaylight noun

1. (also adjective) (of) the light given by the sun. daylight hours.

2. dawn. To get there on time we must leave before daylight.

day school

a school whose pupils attend only during the day and live at home.

ˈdaytime noun

the time when it is day.

call it a day

to bring (something) to an end; to stop (eg working). I'm so tired that I'll have to call it a day.

day by day

every day. He's getting better day by day.

day in, day outinmake someone's day

to make someone very happy. That baby's smile made my day.

one day

1. at some time in the future. He hopes to go to America one day.

2. on a day in the past. I saw him one day last week.

some day

at some time in the future. She hopes to get married some day.

the other day

not long ago. I saw Mr Smith the other day.

daytime

→ نَهَار den dagtimer Tag ημέρα día päiväsaika journée dan giorno 昼間 주간 overdag dagtid dzień dia светлое время суток dag เวลากลางวัน gündüz ban ngày 日间

daytime

a. de hora diaria; de día.

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In the daytime I ran by her side, and at night I lay down close by her.

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I don't believe it's got any right to be around in the daytime. But don't it look natural!

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A wind that rises in the daytime lasts long, but a night breeze soon falls.

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There follow excellent parables; as that, she gathereth strength in going; that she goeth upon the ground, and yet hideth her head in the clouds; that in the daytime she sitteth in a watch tower, and flieth most by night; that she mingleth things done, with things not done; and that she is a terror to great cities.

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However, he did not let her fall, but took advantage of the support of the handrail to imprint a kiss upon her lips--lips in the daytime scorned.

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and every time I chanced to rake against any article, it seemed to give out thirty-five or thirty-six times more noise than it would have done in the daytime. In those cases I always stopped and held my breath till I was sure Harris had not awakened--then I crept along again.

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--Travels on Land.--The Basin of Imenge.--Mount Rubeho.--Six Thousand Feet Elevation.--A Halt in the Daytime.

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So she lived in solitude all the daytime, and at night she would have been frightened, had she not been so brave; but every day the crow came and thanked her for her endurance, and assured her that his sufferings were far less than they had been.

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She was four years of age, and in the daytime she was the ordinary kind.

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I don't sleep much at night, for it is so interesting to watch developments; but I sleep a good deal in the daytime.

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Half-done!' answered the mouse, 'they are such odd names, they make me very thoughtful.' 'You sit at home,' said the cat, 'in your dark-grey fur coat and long tail, and are filled with fancies, that's because you do not go out in the daytime.' During the cat's absence the mouse cleaned the house, and put it in order, but the greedy cat entirely emptied the pot of fat.

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Philip in the daytime had been led by curiosity to pass through the little street near the old bridge, with its neat white houses and green shutters, in which according to Hayward the Fraulein Trude lived; but the women, with brutal faces and painted cheeks, who came out of their doors and cried out to him, filled him with fear; and he fled in horror from the rough hands that sought to detain him.