Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The time between sunrise and sunset.
- adj. Occurring in or appropriate for use during the day: daytime tasks; daytime clothes.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. That part of the day during which the sun is above the horizon; the time from the first appearance to the total disappearance of the sun.
Wiktionary
- n. The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.
- adj. Pertaining to daytime; appropriate to the day.
- adj. Happening during the day.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night; same as day, 1.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
Examples
“Storing the excess energy at night and using it during the daytime is a big challenge.”
Energy Price Outlook, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“DF isn't that bad, as long as you watch the road signs and KEEP MOVING; but his emphasis on 'daytime' is appropriate.”
“The road is great, not busy, and at least in daytime not dangerous. we experienced no sense of danger in Zee or Ixtapa.”
“Ms. Winfrey's design guru, Nate Berkus, just launched his own daytime show, and Rosie O'Donnell will be returning to daytime with a new show on Ms. Winfrey's coming cable network, a joint venture with Discovery Communications Inc.Mr. Cooper has long demonstrated an interest in daytime television.”
The Wall Street Journal: CNN's Cooper to Host a Daytime Talk Show
“It is estimated that gross revenues of each soap exceed 100 million annually even with a dramatic decline in daytime drama.”
The Huffington Post: Victoria Rowell: Secrets of a Soap Opera Diva: The Business Behind the Bubbles
“When my representative requested Y&R consider me as a writer/director for the show, a courtesy afforded previously to many Anglo actors in daytime, such as Susan Flannery, Meg Bennet, Ellen Wheeler, Courtney Simon, Douglas Marland, and Christopher Gotman, the response from Sr.”
The Huffington Post: Victoria Rowell: Secrets of a Soap Opera Diva: The Business Behind the Bubbles
“Driving around DC in the daytime is getting worse instead of better.”
“But it was "Andy Griffith" that stood tall as the top-rated sitcom of the 1960s, according to Variety. com, and is still No. 1 in daytime reruns for TVLand (which is hosting a Sunday marathon).”
The Washington Post: 'The Andy Griffith Show' turns 50. We pick our favorite clips
“It's fun and interesting to work in daytime television.”
“Notably, Christopher Goutman won for his work in daytime soap As the World Turns, some consolation after CBS cancelled the legendary program after a whopping 54 seasons.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘daytime’.
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Daze days
washday, doomsday, heyday, workaday, payday, everyday, holiday, holy day, holyday, playday, birthday, rudmasday and 39 more...
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Permutations
There are 17576 different sequences of three letters (26 x 26 x 26). How many of them occur in words? General rules of engagement: mononyms only, lower case preferred to upper case, short preferred...
aaargh, niqaabi, Isaac, raad, baaed, haaf, laager, aah, kamaaina, Naajaat, aak, aalii and 637 more...
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Wordtime
wintertime, wartime, uptime, undertime, twotime, teatime, suppertime, summertime, springtime, spacetime, sometime, showtime and 31 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for daytime.
bilby ... except when there's a solar eclipse. Sep 18, 2008