"daylight saving" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: daylight saving [singular], [plural]
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  1. Daylight saving (also daylight savings) is the practice of setting standard time ahead by one hour in the spring and of setting it back in the fall. Tags: singular
    Sense id: simple-daylight_saving-en-noun-WICIpDdc
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