daynoun [ C ]
uk/deɪ/us/deɪ/A1 a period of 24 hours, especially from twelve o'clock one night to twelve o'clock the next night:
A2 used to refer to the period in 24 hours when it is naturally light:
A2 the time that you usually spend at work or at school:
a day when you do not have to work or do something that you normally do:
B1 a few days ago:
A2 used to talk about the present time, in comparison with the past:
B2 in the past:
B2 very soon, especially within the next few days:
when it is naturally light:
B1 repeatedly, every day:
all the time:
B2 every day, or more and more as each day passes:
If something changes (from) day to day, it changes often:
before each day happens:
C1 a period in history:
up to and including the present moment:
More examples
- I always like to leaove my desk clear at the end of the day.
- We went to Edinburgh and back again all in one day.
- We're open every day except Sunday.
- She had five days off work due to illness.
- The soldiers marched 90 miles in three days.
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Days & times of day
- afternoon
- afternoons
- am
- at the crack of dawn idiom
- bedtime
- circadian
- crepuscular
- last orders
- lighting-up time
- local time
- lunch hour
- lunchtime
- office hours
- opening time
- overnight
- playtime
- pm
- rush hour
- twilit
- watershed
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