Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The period of light between dawn and nightfall; the interval from sunrise to sunset.
- noun The 24-hour period during which the earth completes one rotation on its axis, traditionally measured from midnight to midnight.
- noun The period during which a celestial body makes a similar rotation.
- noun One of the numbered 24-hour periods into which a week, month, or year is divided.
- noun The portion of a 24-hour period that is devoted to work, school, or business.
- noun A 24-hour period or a portion of it that is reserved for a certain activity.
- noun A specific, characteristic period in one's lifetime.
- noun A period of opportunity or prominence.
- noun A period of time in history; an era.
- noun Period of life or activity.
- adjective Of or relating to the day.
- adjective Working during the day.
- adjective Occurring before nightfall.
- idiom (day after day) For many days; continuously.
- idiom (day in, day out) Every day without fail; continuously.
- idiom (one day) Someday.
- idiom (one of these days) Someday.
- idiom (one of those days) A difficult or trying day.
- idiom (these days) At present; nowadays.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To become day; dawn: same as
daw . - To put off from day to day; adjourn. See
daying . - noun Same as
dey . - noun The time during which the sun shines upon any specified point of the moon's surface: opposed to lunar night.
- noun The interval between two successive transits of the moon across the meridian: sometimes called
tidal day . - noun December 27. a festival observed in honor of St. John the evangelist and apostle.
- noun One of the compartments of a mullioned window.
- noun The period during which the sun is above the horizon, or shines continuously on any given portion of the earth's surface; the interval of light, in contradistinction to that of darkness, or to night; the period between the rising and the setting of the sun, of varying length, and called by astronomers the artificial day.
- noun Hence Light; sunshine.
- noun The whole time or period of one revolution of the earth on its axis, or the space of twenty-four hours; specifically, the interval of time which elapses between two consecutive returns of the same terrestrial meridian to the sun.
- noun A particular or regularly recurring period of twenty-four hours, assigned to the doing of some specified thing, or connected with some event or observance: as, settling-day; bill-day.
- noun Specifically— An anniversary; the particular day on which some event is commemorated: as, St. Bartholomew's day; a birthday; New Year's day.
- noun The regularly recurring period in each week set apart for some particular purpose, as for receiving calls, etc.
- noun Time. Specified interval or space of time: as, three years' day to do something; he was absent for a year's day.
- noun Time to pay; credit.
- noun Period of time.
- noun Appointed time; set period; appointment.
- noun Definite time of existence, activity, or influence; allotted or actual term of life, usefulness, or glory: as, his day is over.
- noun A time or period, as distinguished from other times or periods; age: commonly used in the plural: as, bygone days; the days of our fathers.
- noun A distance which may be accomplished in a day; a day's journey. See phrase below.
- noun The contest of a day; a battle or combat with reference to its issue or results: as, to carry the day.
- noun A long while; time of uncertain length.
- noun A day in turn; a fixed recurrent day.
- noun Nautical, the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon.
- noun At an indefinite future time; on some day in the future.
- noun To-day: as, how are ye the day?
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine; -- also called
daytime . - noun The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a
solar day ; if it is a star, asidereal day ; if it is the moon, alunar day . See Civil day, Sidereal day, below.
Etymologies
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Not an eventful day but a relaxing day witch is what I need.
goldenboy Diary Entry goldenboy 2006
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Then calculate the calorific value (per person per day) for each commodity (use Table 3) and fill the row Targeted ration Kcal/person/day
Chapter 13 1997
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Which has been improved by some, on this side the water, into an excuse for getting drunk every day in the week, for fear that the _specific day_ should be missed.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 352, January 17, 1829 Various
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The account closes the work of each day with the words: "_And the evening and the morning were the first day_," "_the second day_," etc.
The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid
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Once more the evil in Velo's soul was crying to him, shouting to him, "This is your day -- _this is your day_!"
Shelled by an Unseen Foe James Fiske
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_For which cause we faint not; but, though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day_.
Daily Strength for Daily Needs Mary W. Tileston
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A little flock of these titmice came daily to pick a dinner out of my wood pile, or the crumbs at my door, with faint flitting lisping notes, like the tinkling of icicles in the grass, or else with sprightly _day day day_, or more rarely, in spring-like days, a wiry summery _phe-be_ from the wood-side.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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_One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day_.
Daily Strength for Daily Needs Mary W. Tileston
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Quite right, too; it wasn't an especially fine day; just _a day_.
The Innocents A Story for Lovers Sinclair Lewis 1918
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Will it be called day by day when there will be one eternal day?
On the Lord's Prayer 1906
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Other researchers have linked Watch Nights to a pre-emancipation ritual known as Heartbreak Day on Janury 1, "when slave families anticipated being split up as owners would balance their books by auctioning off slaves, as well as hogs and horses."
Waiting/Weighting/Wading Time: Juneteenth, Watch Night, + Emancipation Day 2023
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Gotcha day is a celebration of the day a family adopted a child. Some families decide to mark this anniversary on the day of placement; others celebrate on the day the adoption was finalized in court.
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Pi, as we all learned in school (and are reminded every March 14, on Pi Day), is defined as the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.
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Gotcha day is a celebration of the day a family adopted a child. Some families decide to mark this anniversary on the day of placement; others celebrate on the day the adoption was finalized in court.
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On March 14 (or 3/14 in U.S. date format) in 1988, a physicist at the San Francisco Exploratorium held what is thought to be the first official Pi Day celebration, which smartly included the consumption of fruit pies.
10 Ways to Celebrate Pi Day with NASA on March 14 - NASA Science NASA Science Editorial Team 2024
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Each year on the 18th of September we celebrate Type High Day, which has its origins in the height of type. All of the metal and wood type we use in letterpress printing, from the very smallest to the largest, measures an exact .918 inches in height.
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On Type High Day, which falls annually on 9/18, letterpress enthusiasts celebrate the standardized height of all American metal and wood movable type: 0.9186 inches.
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Each year on the 18th of September we celebrate Type High Day, which has its origins in the height of type. All of the metal and wood type we use in letterpress printing, from the very smallest to the largest, measures an exact .918 inches in height.
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