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- [dey]
- /deɪ/
- /deɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dey]
- /deɪ/
Definitions of day word
- countable noun day A day is one of the seven twenty-four hour periods of time in a week. 3
- variable noun day Day is the time when it is light, or the time when you are up and doing things. 3
- countable noun day You can refer to a particular period in history as a particular day or as particular days. 3
- noun day the period of time, the calendar day, of 24 hours' duration reckoned from one midnight to the next 3
- noun day the period of light between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from the night 3
- noun day (as modifier) 3
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Origin of day
First appearance:
before 950 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Middle English; Old English dæg; cognate with German Tag
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Day
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
day popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
day usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for day
noun day
- light — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- daylight — Daylight is the natural light that there is during the day, before it gets dark.
- bright — A bright colour is strong and noticeable, and not dark.
- sunshine — the shining of the sun; direct light of the sun.
- sunlight — the light of the sun; sunshine.
adjective day
- diurnal — of or relating to a day or each day; daily.
Antonyms for day
noun day
- night — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- darkness — the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.
- nadir — Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
adjective day
- nocturnal — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
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