English Explanatory Dictionary

daylight saving time

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practice in some places of adjusting clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall, usually by one hour, so that the adjustment causes the time to coincide with the greatest period of illumination by the sun over the course of the day.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of daylight saving time.

Pronunciation

en-uk-daylight-saving-time.ogg

Word forms

daylight saving time daylight saving times daylight-saving time daylight savings time daylight saving daylight savings daylight time

Synonyms

summer time

Related words

split-time
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