Definitions for DAY

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DAY day

Spelling: [dey]

IPA: /deɪ/

Day is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 13 anagrams from letters in DAY (ady).

Definitions for DAY

noun

1. the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset:
2. the light of day; daylight:
3. Astronomy. Also called mean solar day. a division of time equal to 24 hours and representing the average length of the period during which the earth makes one rotation on its axis. Also called solar day. a division of time equal to the time elapsed between two consecutive returns of the same terrestrial meridian to the sun. Also called civil day. a division of time equal to 24 hours but reckoned from one midnight to the next. See also lunar day, sidereal day.
4. an analogous division of time for a planet other than the earth:
5. the portion of a day allotted to work:
6. a day on which something occurs:
7. (often initial capital letter) a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance:
8. a time considered as propitious or opportune:
9. a day of contest or the contest itself:
10. Often, days. a particular time or period:
11. Usually, days. period of life or activity:
12. period of existence, power, or influence:
13. Architecture. light1 (def 19a).
14. Benjamin Henry, 1810–89, U.S. newspaper publisher.
15. Clarence (Shepard) [shep-erd] /ˈʃɛp ərd/ (Show IPA), 1874–1935, U.S. author.
16. Dorothy, 1897–1980, U.S. Roman Catholic social activist, journalist, and publisher.
17. Also, Daye. Stephen, 1594?–1668, U.S. colonist, born in England: considered the first printer in the Colonies.

Idioms

1. call it a day, to stop one's activity for the day or for the present; quit temporarily:
2. day and night. night (def 11).
3. day in, day out, every day without fail; regularly: Also, day in and day out.

Origin of DAY

before 950; Middle English; Old English dæg; cognate with German Tag

Examples for DAY

"Here's a fine letter to read on a hot day," called Percival.

I really wanted Trenchmouth to succeed and at the time wished we were as big as Green day.

On this day, however, Philothea's mind was less serene than usual.

I need cheerfulness and rest for a long time after this day in town.

But at last there came a day against which no objections could be raised.

Some one said the other day, "Ennui is a disease that comes from living on other people's money."

He added: “People say he deserves his day in court… Do we have enough time?”

Luckily enough I have this dedicated flat that is just along from my house that I go to every day.

For many years afterward it was a never-ending topic of conversation, and is more or less talked of even to this day.

“We talked about the science the whole time the other day,” Krauss told The Daily Beast in a phone interview.