day meaning
UK /deɪ/ US /deɪ/ 1 syllable
day (noun): time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
day has 10 meanings in this dictionary.
day as a noun
- time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
- two days later they left
- they put on two performances every day
- there are 30,000 passengers per day
Synonyms: twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day
Type of: time unit
Kinds: tomorrow, today, yesterday, morrow, eve, date
Related forms: daily
- some point or period in time
- it should arrive any day now
- after that day she never trusted him again
- those were the days
- these days it is not unusual
Type of: time
Kinds: Judgment Day, off-day
- a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance
- Mother's Day
Type of: calendar day
Kinds: Admission Day, Arbor Day, Cinco de Mayo, commencement day, November 5, Inauguration Day, leap day, V-day, rag day, red-letter day, payday, polling day
- the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- the dawn turned night into day
- it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime
Opposite: night
Type of: time period
Kinds: afternoon, midafternoon, evening
- the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working)
- my day began early this morning
- it was a busy day on the stock exchange
- she called it a day and went to bed
Type of: work time
Kinds: workday
- an era of existence or influence
- in the day of the dinosaurs
- in the days of the Roman Empire
- in the days of sailing ships
- he was a successful pianist in his day
Type of: era
- the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis
- how long is a day on Jupiter?
Type of: time period
Kinds: lunar day
- the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
Synonyms: sidereal day
Type of: time unit, sidereal time
- a period of opportunity
- he deserves his day in court
- every dog has his day
Type of: opportunity
- United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935)
Synonyms: Clarence Day, Clarence Shepard Day Jr.
Type of: writer
How to pronounce day
day is pronounced /deɪ/ in British English and /deɪ/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.
Words that rhyme with day
Word lists: words starting with DA · words ending in AY · 3-letter words
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