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noun
2.
public knowledge or awareness; openness: The newspaper article brought the scandal out into the daylight.
3.
the period of day; daytime.
4.
daybreak; dawn.
5.
a clear space between any two parts that should be close together, as between the jambs of the opening of a doorway or the knees of a horseback rider and a saddle.
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verb (used with object)
Idioms 8.
to suffuse (an interior space) with artificial light or with daylight filtered through translucent materials, as roofing panels.
9.
see daylight, to progress to a point where completion of a difficult task seems possible or probable.
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daylight (ˈdeɪˌlaɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. light from the sun |
| b. (as modifier): daylight film | |
| 2. | the period when it is light; daytime |
| 3. | daybreak |
| 4. | see daylight |
| a. to understand something previously obscure | |
| b. to realize that the end of a difficult task is approaching | |
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Word Origin & History
daylight
c.1300, from day + light (n.); its figurative sense of "clearly visible open space between two things" (1820) has been used in references to boats in a race, U.S. football running backs avoiding opposing tackles, a rider and a saddle, and the rim
of a glass and the surface of the liquor. The daylights that you beat out of someone were originally slang for "the eyes" (1752), extended figuratively to the vital senses.
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