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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.

See day in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. the period of light between sunrise and sunset
2. daylight
3. sunshine
1. 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
2. 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

See day in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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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.

adjective

Of or relating to the day.
Working during the day: the day nurse.
Occurring before nightfall: a day hike.

(dā), Benjamin Henry 1810-1889.

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 (dā), Stephen 1594?-1668.

English-born colonist who was the first printer in New England. His Bay Psalm Book appeared in 1640.

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