day
/deɪ̯/ noun A1- The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky. · day and night; I work at night and sleep during the day.
- A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long. · I've been here for two days and a bit.
- The time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice; a solar day.
- The time taken for the Earth to make a full rotation about its axis with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal day or stellar day.
- A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise. · Your 8am forecast: The high for the day will be 30 and the low, before dawn, will be 10.
- A period of time between two set times which mark the beginning and the end of day in a calendar, such as from midnight to the following midnight or (Judaism) from nightfall to the following nightfall. · The day begins at midnight.· Monday is the first day of the week in many countries of the world.
- The rotational period of a planet. · A day on Mars is slightly over 24 hours.
- The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc. · I worked two days last week.
Plural days
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“I saw you look at me to-day, Lizzy, when my aunt told us of the present report; and I know I appeared distressed; but don’t imagine it was from any silly cause.
The day of his and Lydia’s departure soon came; and Mrs.
She plays and sings all day long.
Père Pamphile had seen Dantès pass not ten minutes before; and assured that he was at the Catalans, they sat down under the budding foliage of the planes and sycamores, in the branches of which the birds were singing their welcome to one of the first days of spring.
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