daylight saving time
noun [U]Definition
› the time set usually one hour later in summer so that there is a longer period of daylight in the eveningSpecific periods of time
(Definition of daylight saving time noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- British Summer Time noun
- BST noun
- calendar month noun
- depth noun (STRENGTH)
- Eastern Standard Time noun
- fortnight noun
- generation noun (AGE GROUP)
- hundred number
- lunar month noun
- microsecond noun
- midpoint noun (TIME)
- Midsummer('s) Day noun
- midwinter noun
- nightlong adjective, adverb
- Q, q noun (PERIOD OF TIME)
- quarter noun (FOURTH PART)
- response time noun
- s noun
- sec.
- trimester noun
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