Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

daylight saving time

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables: day-light sav-ing -time
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of daylight saving time.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"2005: answers.firstgov.gov -- Daylight Saving Time is a change in the standard time of each time zone. ... The American law by which we turn our clock forward in the spring and back in the fall is known as the Uniform Time Act of 1966. The law does not require that anyone observe Daylight Saving Time; all the law requires is that if we are going to observe Daylight Saving Time, it must be done uniformly. http://answers.firstgov.gov/cgi-bin/gsa_ict.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=6880"

Usage

Inflected Forms

daylight saving times (plural) daylight-saving time (alternative) daylight savings time (alternative) daylight saving (alternative) daylight savings (alternative) daylight time (alternative)

Phrases

split-time

Frequently Paired Words

split-time put the clock back put the clock forward time zone

Synonyms

summer time

Questions

What does daylight saving time mean?: 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.

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