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day

Pronunciation: /deɪ̯/

The English word “day” has 13 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.
  2. A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.
  3. The time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice; a solar day.
  4. The time taken for the Earth to make a full rotation about its axis with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal day or stellar day.
  5. A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise.
  6. A period of time between two set times which mark the beginning and the end of day in a calendar, such as from midnight to the following midnight or (Judaism) from nightfall to the following nightfall.
  7. The rotational period of a planet.
  8. The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
  9. An observance lasting for a day, such as an annual holiday.
  10. A day set aside for a specified activity.
  11. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time; era.
  12. A period of contention of a day or less.

verb

  1. To spend a day (in a place).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognates 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…

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