Examples of day
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Eggs are shed on the day of use.
One male was used on each experimental day.
An alternating pattern may result, for example, from a cyclic component with a period of about 2 days; persisting patterns may arise in several ways.
Broadcasting of the fertilizer in flooded rice fields is easy and can be done in less than a day for an entire hectare.
The target dose for purely ocular myasthenia is up to 0.75 mg/kg bodyweight on alternate days.
If hemodynamic stability can be achieved, sinus rhythm returns in the vast majority of patients spontaneously within a few days after surgery.
He fell again a few days later and returned with a second confirmed spinal fracture requiring cervical fusion.
We replaced one of the scheduled formal discussions with two parallel informal discussions in the day room to explore the impact of context.
The olives (four per container) were replaced every other day.
A single leaf was placed in each pot containing larvae and this was replaced every second day.
Trimedlure emitters from the barrier and the monitoring traps were replaced every two months and tri-pack attractants and dichlorvos strips were replaced every 45 days.
The pieces of maize stems were replaced once every two days.
In both years, the sticky flypaper was replaced every two days.
Females were replaced every 4 days for six sequential matings in the first experiment and nine sequential matings in the second experiment.
The food/water mixture was replaced every other day.
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This shows grade level based on the word's complexity. This shows grade level based on the word's complexity. noun the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise
and sunset: Since there was no artificial illumination, all activities had to be carried on during the day. the light of day; daylight: The owl sleeps by day and feeds by night. Astronomy.
an analogous division of time for a planet other than the earth: the Martian day.
the portion of a day allotted to work: an eight-hour day.
a day on which something occurs: the day we met.
(often initial capital letter) a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance: New Year's Day.
a time considered as propitious or opportune: His day will come.
a day of contest or the contest itself: to win the day.
Often days . a particular time or period: the present day; in days of old.
Usually days . period of life or activity: His days are numbered.
period of existence, power, or influence: in the day of the dinosaurs.
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Idioms about day
call it a day, to stop one's activity for the day or for the present; quit temporarily: After rewriting the paper, she decided to call it a day.
day in, day out, every day without fail; regularly: They endured the noise and dirt of the city day in, day out.Also day in and day out .
Origin of day
before 950; Middle English; Old English dæg; cognate with German Tag
OTHER WORDS FROM day
half-day, nounpre·day, noun
Words nearby day
dawn redwood, Dawson, Dawson Creek, dawsonite, Dax, day, day after day, Dayak, dayan, day and night, daybeacon
Other definitions for day (2 of 2)
noun Benjamin Henry, 1810–89, U.S. newspaper publisher.
Clarence (Shep·ard) [shep-erd], /ˈʃɛp ərd/, 1874–1935, U.S. author.
Dorothy, 1897–1980, U.S. Roman Catholic social activist, journalist, and publisher.
Also Daye .Stephen, 1594?–1668, U.S. colonist, born in England: considered the first printer in the Colonies.
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Words related to day
period, term, time, daylight, daytime, light, sunlight, sunshine, age, ascendancy, cycle, epoch, generation, height, heyday, prime, years, zenith, bright, mean solar day
How to use day in a sentence
Biden, who has held public events less regularly, has been seen wearing a mask on 28, including on all but five days this month.
The rules are defined day by day by people with subjective points of view.
When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero.
Earlier in the day, Redfield had said wearing a mask was more effective than a vaccine.
It’s light enough to wear in the middle of the day here in the muggy South, and dries fast enough that I usually keep it on while I go overboard for a dip.
He added: “People say he deserves his day in court… Do we have enough time?”
For many years afterward it was a never-ending topic of conversation, and is more or less talked of even to this day.
“We talked about the science the whole time the other day,” Krauss told The Daily Beast in a phone interview.
Gunshots rang out in Paris this morning on a second day of deadly violence that has stunned the French capital.
In the middle of all of that past suffering and present-day conflict, this Cosby bomb was dropped.
The afternoon was a lovely one—the day was a perfect example of the mellowest mood of autumn.
Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.
Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.
The proceedings of the day commenced with divine service, performed by Unitarian and Baptist ministers.
British Dictionary definitions for day (1 of 2)
noun Also called: civil daythe period of time, the calendar day, of 24 hours' duration
reckoned from one midnight to the next
the part of a day occupied with regular activity, esp workhe took a day off
(sometimes plural)a period or point in timehe was a good singer in his day; in days gone by; any day now
the period of time, the sidereal day, during which the earth makes one complete revolution on its axis relative to a particular star. The mean sidereal day lasts 23 hours 56 minutes 4.1 seconds of the mean solar day
the period of time, the solar day, during which the earth makes one complete revolution on its axis relative to the sun. The mean solar day is the average length of the apparent solar day and is some four minutes (3 minutes 56.5 seconds of sidereal time) longer than the sidereal day
the period of time taken by a specified planet to make one complete rotation on its axisthe Martian day
(often capital)a day designated for a special observance, esp a holidayChristmas Day
all in a day's workpart of one's normal activity; no trouble
at the end of the dayin the final reckoning
day of restthe Sabbath; Sunday
end one's daysto pass the end of one's life
every dog has his dayone's luck will come
in this day and agenowadays
it's early daysit's too early to tell how things will turn out
late in the day
- very late (in a particular situation)
- too late
that will be the day
- I look forward to that
- that is most unlikely to happen
a time of success, recognition, power, etchis day will soon come
a struggle or issue at handthe day is lost
- the ground surface over a mine
- (as modifier)the day level
from day to daywithout thinking of the future
call it a dayto stop work or other activity
day after daywithout respite; relentlessly
day by daygradually or progressively; dailyhe weakened day by day
day in, day outevery day and all day long
from Day 1 or from Day Onefrom the very beginning
one of these daysat some future time
(modifier)of, relating to, or occurring in the daythe day shift
Other words from day
Related adjective: diurnal
Word Origin for day
Old English dæg; related to Old High German tag, Old Norse dagr
British Dictionary definitions for day (2 of 2)
noun Sir Robin. 1923–2000, British radio and television journalist, noted esp for his political interviews
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Scientific definitions for day
See under sidereal time solar day.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with day
In addition to the idioms beginning with day
- day after day
- day and night
- day by day
- day in court, have one's
- day in, day out
- day off
- days are numbered, one's
- day to day
also see:
- all in a day's work
- any day
- apple a day
- bad hair day
- break of day
- by the day
- call it a day
- carry the day
- different as night and day
- dog days
- every dog has its day
- field day
- for days on end
- forever and a day
- from this day forward
- good day
- had its day
- happy as the day is long
- heavenly days
- in all one's born days
- in the cold light of day
- in this day and age
- late in the day
- make a day of it
- make one's day
- name the day
- night and day
- not give someone the time of day
- not one's day
- one of these days
- order of the day
- pass the time (of day)
- plain as day
- rainy day
- red-letter day
- Rome wasn't built in a day
- salad days
- save the day
- seen better days
- see the light of day
- that'll be the day
- the other day
- time of day
- tomorrow is another day
- win through (the day)
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