day

day
noun
1》 a twenty-four-hour period as a unit of time, reckoned from one midnight to the next and corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis.
    ↘the time between sunrise and sunset.
    ↘Astronomy a single rotation of a planet in relation to its primary.
2》 a particular period of the past: the laws were very strict in those days.
    ↘(the day) the present time.
    ↘(days) a particular period in a person's life: my student days.
    ↘(one's day) the successful or influential period of a person's life.
adjective working or done during the day.
Phrases
all in a day's work part of someone's normal routine.
any day informal at any time.
↘under any circumstances.
call it a day decide to stop doing something.
day and night all the time.
day by day gradually and steadily.
day in, day out continuously or repeatedly over a long period.
day of reckoning a testing time when the degree of one's success or failure will be revealed. [with allusion to Judgement Day.]
day to day
1》 happening or proceeding on a daily basis.
2》 involving everyday routine.
one day (or some day or one of these days) at some time in the future.
one of those days a day when things go badly.
that will be the day informal that is very unlikely.
these days at present.
Origin
OE dæg, of Gmc origin; related to Ger. Tag.

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