Meanings
prepositional phrase
- In ample natural illumination, during the daytime.
A fireball hurtled across the southern Tucson sky in broad daylight Saturday morning.
2008 August 23, Shelley Shelton, “Streaking fireball a vivid spectacle in daytime sky”, in Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Ariz., archived from the original on 07 Sep 2008 - figurativelyIn a blatant and publicly visible manner during the day.
It's still too dangerous for the wife of a journalist who was murdered in the street in broad daylight.
2008 January 24, Brian Benntt, “When Iraqis Come to America”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Sep 20081 more example
'But surely,' protested Peter half-heartedly, 'he couldn't carry on a racket like that in broad daylight and get away with it?'
1934, Leslie Charteris, “The Uncritical Publisher”, in Ian Dickerson, editor, The Saint Intervenes, London: Mulholland Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 125
Origin
Translations
Arabic فِي وَضَح اَلنَّهَار, جهارًا نهارًا
- فِي وَضَح اَلنَّهَار (fī waḍaḥ an-nahār)in ample natural illumination
- جهارًا نهارًاin a blatant and publicly visible manner
Bulgarian посре́д бял ден
- посре́д бял ден (posréd bjal den)in a blatant and publicly visible manner
Catalan a plena llum del dia, a plena llum
- a plena llum del diain ample natural illumination
- a plena llumin a blatant and publicly visible manner
Chinese Mandarin 大白天, 光天化日
- 大白天 (dàbáitiān)in ample natural illumination
- 光天化日 (guāngtiānhuàrì)in ample natural illumination
- 大白天 (dàbáitiān)in a blatant and publicly visible manner
- 光天化日 (guāngtiānhuàrì)in a blatant and publicly visible manner
Czech za bílého dne
- za bílého dnein a blatant and publicly visible manner
Danish ved højlys dag, ved højlys dag
- ved højlys dagin ample natural illumination
- ved højlys dagin a blatant and publicly visible manner
Dutch op klaarlichte dag, op klaarlichte dag
- op klaarlichte dagin ample natural illumination
- op klaarlichte dagin a blatant and publicly visible manner
Finnish kirkkaassa päivänvalossa, keskellä kirkasta päivää
- kirkkaassa päivänvalossain ample natural illumination
- keskellä kirkasta päivääin a blatant and publicly visible manner
French en plein jour, à la lumière du jour
- en plein jourin ample natural illumination
- à la lumière du jourin ample natural illumination
- au grand jourin a blatant and publicly visible manner
- au vu et au su de tousin a blatant and publicly visible manner
German am helllichten Tag, am helllichten Tag
- am helllichten Tagin ample natural illumination
- am helllichten Tagin a blatant and publicly visible manner
Hebrew לאור יום
- לאור יוםin a blatant and publicly visible manner
Hindi दिनदहाड़े, दिन-दहाड़े
- दिनदहाड़े (dindahāṛe)in ample natural illumination
- दिन-दहाड़े (din-dahāṛe)in a blatant and publicly visible manner
Hungarian fényes nappal, fényes nappal
- fényes nappalin ample natural illumination
- fényes nappalin a blatant and publicly visible manner
Indonesian di siang bolong
- di siang bolongin a blatant and publicly visible manner
Irish i lár an lae ghil, i lár an lae ghléigil
- i lár an lae ghilin a blatant and publicly visible manner
- i lár an lae ghléigilin a blatant and publicly visible manner
Italian alla luce del sole
- alla luce del solein a blatant and publicly visible manner
Japanese 白昼堂々と, 真っ昼間に
- 白昼堂々と (hakuchū-dōdō to)in a blatant and publicly visible manner
- 真っ昼間に (mappiruma ni)in a blatant and publicly visible manner
Korean 대낮에
- 대낮에 (daenaj-e)in a blatant and publicly visible manner
Latvian gaišā dienas laikā
- gaišā dienas laikāin a blatant and publicly visible manner
Polish w biały dzień, w biały dzień
- w biały dzieńin ample natural illumination
- w biały dzieńin a blatant and publicly visible manner
Portuguese à luz do dia, em plena luz do dia
- à luz do diain ample natural illumination
- em plena luz do diain a blatant and publicly visible manner
Russian средь бе́ла дня, средь бе́ла дня́
- средь бе́ла дня (sredʹ béla dnja)in ample natural illumination
- средь бе́ла дня́ (sredʹ béla dnjá)in a blatant and publicly visible manner
Slovak za bieleho dňa
- za bieleho dňain a blatant and publicly visible manner
Spanish a la luz del día, a plena luz del día
- a la luz del díain ample natural illumination
- a plena luz del díain a blatant and publicly visible manner
- a plena luzin a blatant and publicly visible manner
- a la luz del díain a blatant and publicly visible manner
- en plena luz del díain a blatant and publicly visible manner
Swedish mitt på ljusan dag, mitt på ljusa dagen
- mitt på ljusan dagin ample natural illumination
- mitt på ljusa dagenin a blatant and publicly visible manner
- mitt på blanka dagenin a blatant and publicly visible manner
- mitt på ljusan dagin a blatant and publicly visible manner
- på öppen gatain a blatant and publicly visible manner
Tamil பட்டப்பகலில், பட்டப்பகலில்
- பட்டப்பகலில் (paṭṭappakalil)in ample natural illumination
- பட்டப்பகலில் (paṭṭappakalil)in a blatant and publicly visible manner
Ukrainian се́ред бі́лого дня
- се́ред бі́лого дня (séred bíloho dnja)in a blatant and publicly visible manner
Cite this entry
APA
in broad daylight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20broad%20daylight
MLA
“in broad daylight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20broad%20daylight. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in broad daylight,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20broad%20daylight.
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