day
The definition of a day is a 24-hour period of time or the period of light between sunrise and sunset.
(noun)- An example of a day is Thanksgiving.
- An example of day is two o'clock in the afternoon.
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See day in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the period of light between sunrise and sunset
- daylight
- sunshine
- the 24-hour period () that it takes the earth to rotate once on its axis with respect to the sun: the civil or legal day is from midnight to midnight, the astronomical day from noon to noon
- Astron. the time that it takes any celestial body to revolve once on its axis
- a particular or specified day: Memorial Day
- a period or time; era; age: the best writer of her day, in days of old
- a time of flourishing, power, glory, success, etc.: he has had his day
- the struggle or contest occurring on a certain day: they won the day
- the time one works each day: an eight-hour day
- an unspecified past or future time: one of these days
- one's lifetime; life: to spend one's days in study
Origin: ME dai < OE dæg (pl. dagas), akin to ON dagr, Goth dags, OHG tag < PGmc *dagwaz, prob. < IE base *ahes, day, with d- by assoc. with base *dhegwh-, to burn
See day in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The period of light between dawn and nightfall; the interval from sunrise to sunset.
- a. The 24-hour period during which the earth completes one rotation on its axis.b. The period during which a celestial body makes a similar rotation.
- Abbr. D One of the numbered 24-hour periods into which a week, month, or year is divided.
- The portion of a 24-hour period that is devoted to work, school, or business: an eight-hour day; a sale that lasted for three days.
- A 24-hour period or a portion of it that is reserved for a certain activity: a day of rest.
- a. A specific, characteristic period in one's lifetime: In Grandmother's day, skirts were long.b. A period of opportunity or prominence: Every defendant is entitled to a day in court. That child will have her day.
- A period of time in history; an era: We studied the tactics used in Napoleon's day. The day of computer science is well upon us.
- days Period of life or activity: The sick cat's days will soon be over.
- Of or relating to the day.
- Working during the day: the day nurse.
- Occurring before nightfall: a day hike.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English dai, day
Origin: , from Old English dǽg; see agh- in Indo-European roots
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American printer and journalist who founded the first penny newspaper, the New York Sun (1833). His son Benjamin (1838-1916) invented the Ben Day process for shading printed illustrations.
, Clarence Shepard, Jr. 1874-1935.
American writer best known for his autobiographical Life with Father (1935) and Life with Mother (published 1937).
, Dorothy 1897-1980.
American journalist and reformer who cofounded the Catholic Worker in 1933 to promote pacifism and social justice.
or Daye
English-born colonist who was the first printer in New England. His Bay Psalm Book appeared in 1640.
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