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# daytime

«daytime» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the part of the day when it is light outside, between…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Daytime is the part of the day when it is light outside, between sunrise and sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/daytime/#m1)

2) Used before another noun, it means happening during the day, as in daytime TV or a daytime nap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/daytime/#m2)

### sense 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

- 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/daytime/#x1)
- Owls sleep in the daytime and hunt at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/daytime/#x2)
- It is warmer in the daytime than at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/daytime/#x3)
- We only ride our bikes in the daytime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/daytime/#x4)
- Squirrels are busy in the daytime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/daytime/#x5)
- Daytime temperatures in Australia can reach 40 degrees in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/daytime/#x6)
- Grandpa likes a short daytime nap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/daytime/#x7)
- The park is open in the daytime only. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/daytime/#x8)
- Daytime TV is mostly quiz shows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/daytime/#x9)
- In the daytime she never came out of her house; she only came out at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/daytime/#x10)

### 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 the corpora

- [A boy in Texas woke his hamster in the daytime by poking it; the startled hamster bit his finger hard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/6/)
- [A bird that sits fluffed up and sleepy in the daytime may be sick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/11/)
- [Hedgehogs are night animals, so a hedgehog out in the daytime may be sick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours/18/)
- [Fear often feels much bigger at night and in dreams than it is in the daytime.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/26/)
- [The Moon is often visible in the daytime sky, depending on its phase.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/13-earth-from-space/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «daytime» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/daytime/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.