day

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Day

day is on the Basic English 850 List.

daughter - day - dead

day is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

date - day - dead

Pronunciation

• enPR: dā
• IPA ^(key): /deɪ/
• SAMPA: /deI/

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Noun

Singular day

Plural days

1. A day is a measure of time.
   • 24 hours
   • Seven days make one week
   • Period between midnight to next midnight.
   • Period between sunrise to sunset.
     • Synonyms: daytime and daylight
     • Antonyms: night, nighttime and nite
   • The part of a day spent at work or school
     • Synonyms: workday and schoolday

   He spent two days at work means that on two days he went to work; he did not spend 48 hours at work.

Related words

• birthday
• daily
• daylight
• daytime
• day in and day out
• day off
• everyday
• holiday
• modern day
• nowadays
• one day
• one day at a time
• snow day
• time of day
• today
• weekday
• yesterday

Days of the week (edit)

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