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# daytime

noun (daytime; usually no plural); adjective use (daytime TV, daytime hours)

«daytime» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Daytime is the part of the day when it is light outside, between sunrise and sunset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daytime/#m1)
2. Used before another noun, it means happening during the day, as in daytime TV or a daytime nap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daytime/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science it is the half of the Earth's turn when your side faces the Sun; animals that are active in the daytime are called diurnal, the opposite of nocturnal. In everyday life it marks when most people work, go to school and play outside. Phrases: in the daytime, during the daytime, daytime temperature.

### Examples

- Owls sleep in the daytime and hunt at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daytime/#x1)
- It is warmer in the daytime than at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daytime/#x2)
- We only ride our bikes in the daytime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daytime/#x3)
- Squirrels are busy in the daytime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daytime/#x4)
- Daytime temperatures in Australia can reach 40 degrees in summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daytime/#x5)
- Grandpa likes a short daytime nap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daytime/#x6)
- The park is open in the daytime only. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daytime/#x7)
- Daytime TV is mostly quiz shows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daytime/#x8)
- In the daytime she never came out of her house; she only came out at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daytime/#x9)

### Note

One word, not «day time». Uncountable: say «in the daytime», not «in a daytime». Opposite: night-time. In summer the daytime is longer than in winter; at the North and South Poles it can last for months.

## In Jewish tradition

In science it is the half of the Earth's turn when your side faces the Sun; animals that are active in the daytime are called diurnal, the opposite of nocturnal. In everyday life it marks when most people work, go to school and play outside. Phrases: in the daytime, during the daytime, daytime temperature.

### Examples

- And he cried as a lion: 'Upon the watch-tower, O Lord, I stand continually in the daytime, and I am set in my ward all the nights.' (Prophets ISA.21.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/daytime/#x1)

### Note

One word, not «day time». Uncountable: say «in the daytime», not «in a daytime». Opposite: night-time. In summer the daytime is longer than in winter; at the North and South Poles it can last for months.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «daytime» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daytime/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«daytime» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/daytime.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «daytime» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/daytime/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«daytime» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/daytime.html) on Mova free.