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| + | From Middle English ''day'', from Old English ''dæġ'' (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic ''*dag'', from Proto-Germanic ''*dagaz'' (“day”). | ||
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| + | ==Noun== | ||
| + | '''day''' (plural '''days''') | ||
# A period of 24 [[hour]]s. | # A period of 24 [[hour]]s. | ||
# The period from [[midnight]] to the following [[midnight]]. There are 7 days in a week: [[Sunday]], [[Monday]], [[Tuesday]], [[Wednesday]], [[Thursday]], [[Friday]], and [[Saturday]]. | # The period from [[midnight]] to the following [[midnight]]. There are 7 days in a week: [[Sunday]], [[Monday]], [[Tuesday]], [[Wednesday]], [[Thursday]], [[Friday]], and [[Saturday]]. | ||
# Rotational period of a planet (especially [[earth]]). | # Rotational period of a planet (especially [[earth]]). | ||
# The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc. | # The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc. | ||
| − | # | + | #: ''I worked two '''days''' last week.'' |
# Part of a day period between [[sunrise]] and [[sunset]] where one enjoys [[daylight]], [[daytime]]. | # Part of a day period between [[sunrise]] and [[sunset]] where one enjoys [[daylight]], [[daytime]]. | ||
| − | # | + | #: '''''day''' and night.'' |
| + | #A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time; era. | ||
| + | #: every dog has its '''day'''; back in the '''day'''; in those '''days''' | ||
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Revision as of 19:57, 26 June 2023
Etymology
From Middle English day, from Old English dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”).
Noun
day (plural days)
- A period of 24 hours.
- The period from midnight to the following midnight. There are 7 days in a week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
- Rotational period of a planet (especially earth).
- The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
- I worked two days last week.
- Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight, daytime.
- day and night.
- A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time; era.
- every dog has its day; back in the day; in those days
Derived terms
terms derived from ‘day’
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