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DAYTIME

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside

Example:

it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime

Synonyms:

day; daylight; daytime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("daytime" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Meronyms (parts of "daytime"):

forenoon; morn; morning; morning time (the time period between dawn and noon)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "daytime"):

afternoon (the part of the day between noon and evening)

midafternoon (the middle part of the afternoon)

eve; even; evening; eventide (the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall))

Holonyms ("daytime" is a part of...):

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)

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 Context examples: 

All was as we had seen it in the daytime.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Clinical presentation usually includes snoring, daytime sleepiness, difficulty concentrating and fatigue.

(Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

I hide the girls in the daytime, and make merry with them in the evening.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) Frequent urination during the daytime hours?

(OAB-q - Frequent Urination During the Daytime, NCI Thesaurus)

The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Over the past week, have you had trouble staying awake during the daytime?

(MDS-UPDRS - Daytime Sleepiness, NCI Thesaurus)

The participants, aged 35-74 years, had no history of cancer or cardiovascular disease and were not shift workers, daytime sleepers, or pregnant when the study began.

(Sleeping with artificial light at night associated with weight gain in women, National Institutes of Health)

A standardized rating scale used to assess an individual's general level of daytime sleepiness.

(Epworth Sleepiness Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

He worked in the daytime, and at night he went to night school.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Frequent partial arousals occur throughout sleep, resulting in relative SLEEP DEPRIVATION and daytime tiredness.

(Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A daytime non-drowsy preparation used to relieve common cold and flu symptoms.

(Dayquil, NCI Thesaurus)