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- [dey and nahyt]
- /deɪ ænd naɪt/
- /deɪ ənd naɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dey and nahyt]
- /deɪ ænd naɪt/
Definitions of day and night words
- phrase day and night If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping. 3
- noun day and night the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise. 1
- noun day and night the beginning of this period; nightfall. 1
- noun day and night the darkness of night; the dark. 1
- noun day and night a condition or time of obscurity, ignorance, sinfulness, misfortune, etc.: the long night of European history known as the Dark Ages. 1
- noun day and night (sometimes initial capital letter) an evening used or set aside for a particular event, celebration, or other special purpose: a night on the town; poker night; New Year's Night. 1
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Origin of day and night
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English niht, neaht, cognate with German Nacht, Gothic nahts, Latin nox (stem noct-), Greek nýx (stem nykt-)
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Parts of speech for Day and night
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
day and night popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% 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 and night usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for day and night
adj day and night
- perpetual — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
- constant — You use constant to describe something that happens all the time or is always there.
- unceasing — not ceasing or stopping; continuous: an unceasing flow of criticism.
- continuous — A continuous process or event continues for a period of time without stopping.
- incessant — continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending: an incessant noise.
Antonyms for day and night
adj day and night
- temporary — an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.
- transient — not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory.
- inconstant — not constant; changeable; fickle; variable: an inconstant friend.
- interrupted — having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.
- completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
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