day

CEFRA1

/ˈdeɪ̯/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A period of twenty-four hours.

  2. 02

    noun

    The time when there is natural light.

Examples

  • It almost scared me not to see you online for a whole day.

  • It was a beautiful sunny day in the middle of summer.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈdæɪ̯/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.

  2. The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.

  3. The time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice; a solar day.

More examples

In context

  • I make €100 a day.

  • day and night; I work at night and sleep during the day.

  • Holonyms: week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond

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Origin

noun

Cognate with Scots day, dei, dey, dy (“day”), Yola daie, dei, dey, die (“day”), North Frisian dai, doi, däi (“day”), Saterland Frisian Dai (“day”), West Frisian dei (“day”), Bavarian Dåg, Tåg (“day”), Central Franconian Daach (“day”), Cimbrian tag, tage (“day”), Dutch dag, dagge (“day”), German Tag (“day”), German Low German Dag, Dagg (“day”), Limburgish Daach, Daag (“day”), Luxembourgish Dag (“day”), Mòcheno ta (“day”), Vilamovian taog (“day”), West Flemish dag (“day”), Yiddish טאָג (tog, “day”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish dag (“day”), Faroese and Icelandic dagur (“day”), Norn dagh (“day”), Crimean Gothic tag (“day”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags, “day”), Vandalic *d...