to daylight
- verb
- /ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/
- Specialized
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- The construction crew plans to daylight the underground tunnel to allow natural light to enter.
Examples
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She is currently daylighting as a proposal writer for an IT company in northern Virginia and moonlighting as a science-medical writing graduate student at Johns Hopkins in Washington, D.C.
Blog text (34) -
It's only about an hour to daylight
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- Look, the closer it is to daylight the less chance we have of avoiding these things.
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"I really would prefer if you didn't hit me," Austin said, starting to fall back a step, plotting a path through the tables to daylight.
Fiction book (2000) -
We decided to daylight the basement by removing the wall that blocked the windows.
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To improve the garden's atmosphere, they want to daylight the area by clearing away the tall bushes.
Synonyms
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4.1
To make something bright or visible with light
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1.4
To sit or lie outside in strong light to get warm
To leave an object in sunlight so it changes color or becomes weaker
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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3.0
Setting clocks forward one hour during some months to have more daylight in the evening
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3.6
To move clocks forward by one hour in the warmer months to make evenings lighter
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3.1
People turn clocks forward one hour in summer to make evenings lighter
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb daylight comes from the noun daylight and means to bring something into the 'day' and 'light' by removing a cover or barrier, so to daylight a river or tunnel is to open it up and let sunlight reach it.