"broad daylight" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɹɔːd ˈdeɪlaɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɹɔd ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/ [General-American], /bɹɑd ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-broad daylight.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From broad (“(archaic) to the full extent”) + daylight. Etymology templates: {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|daytime}} sense 1, {{compound|en|broad|daylight|notext=1|t1=(archaic) to the full extent|type=endocentric}} broad (“(archaic) to the full extent”) + daylight, {{sup|1}} ¹, {{sup|1}} ¹ Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} broad daylight (uncountable)
  1. Abundant natural illumination in daytime, producing clear visibility; hence, daytime. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Sun Synonyms: open daylight Derived forms: in broad daylight Translations (abundant natural illumination in daytime): 大白天亮 (³du-baq-thi-lian) [Shanghainese-Wu] (Chinese), 大白天 (dàbáitiān) (Chinese Mandarin), 青天白日 (qīngtiānbáirì) [idiomatic] (Chinese Mandarin), kirkas päivänvalo (Finnish), 白昼 (hakuchū) (alt: はくちゅう) (Japanese), 昼日中 (hiruhinaka) (alt: ひるひなか) (Japanese), 真昼 (mahiru) (alt: まひる) (Japanese), 真っ昼間 (mappiruma) (alt: まっぴるま) (Japanese), běły źeń [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), maruawatea (Maori), sáng bạch (Vietnamese), thanh thiên bạch nhật (alt: 青天白日) [figuratively] (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-broad_daylight-en-noun-en:daytime Disambiguation of Sun: 71 29 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'abundant natural illumination in daytime': 94 6
  2. (figurative) Chiefly preceded by in: the full view of observers during the day. Tags: figuratively, uncountable Translations (full view of observers during the day): keskellä kirkasta päivää (note: in broad daylight) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-broad_daylight-en-noun-en:figurative Disambiguation of 'full view of observers during the day': 8 92

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