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DAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935)
Synonyms:
Clarence Day; Clarence Shepard Day Jr.; Day
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A period of opportunity
Example:
every dog has his day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("day" is a kind of...):
chance; opportunity (a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Some point or period in time
Example:
these days it is not unusual
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("day" is a kind of...):
time (an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "day"):
crack of doom; Day of Judgement; Day of Judgment; day of reckoning; Doomsday; end of the world; eschaton; Judgement Day; Judgment Day; Last Day; Last Judgement; Last Judgment ((New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives)
off-day (a day when things go poorly)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working)
Example:
she called it a day and went to bed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("day" is a kind of...):
work time (a time period when you are required to work)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "day"):
workday; working day (the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
Example:
there are 30,000 passengers per day
Synonyms:
24-hour interval; day; mean solar day; solar day; twenty-four hour period; twenty-four hours
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("day" is a kind of...):
time unit; unit of time (a unit for measuring time periods)
Meronyms (parts of "day"):
60 minutes; hour; hr (a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day)
dark; night; nighttime (the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside)
high noon; midday; noon; noonday; noontide; twelve noon (the middle of the day)
day; daylight; daytime (the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "day"):
tomorrow (the day after today)
today (the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow))
yesterday (the day immediately before today)
morrow (the next day)
eve (the day before)
date; day of the month (the specified day of the month)
date (a particular day specified as the time something happens)
Derivation:
daily (of or belonging to or occurring every day)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A day assigned to a particular purpose or observance
Example:
Mother's Day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("day" is a kind of...):
calendar day; civil day (a day reckoned from midnight to midnight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "day"):
Flag Day; June 14 (commemorating the adoption of the United States flag in 1777)
Davis' Birthday; Jefferson Davis' Birthday; June 3 (celebrated in southern United States)
Armed Forces Day (the 3rd Saturday in May)
Mother's Day (second Sunday in May)
First of May; May 1; May Day (observed in many countries to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia and related countries in honor of labor)
Patriot's Day (the 3rd Monday in April; Massachusetts and Maine celebrate the battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775)
April 14; Pan American Day (a day celebrating political and economic unity among American countries)
All Fools' day; April Fools'; April Fools' day (the first day of April which is celebrated by playing practical jokes)
March 17; Saint Patrick's Day; St Patrick's Day (a day observed by the Irish to commemorate the patron saint of Ireland)
March 2; Texas Independence Day (Texans celebrate the anniversary of Texas' declaration of independence from Mexico in 1836)
February 22; Washington's Birthday (the day on which George Washington is remembered)
Father's Day (US: third Sunday in June)
Citizenship Day; September 17 (celebrated in the United States)
American Indian Day (US: the 4th Friday in September)
October 24; United Nations Day (a day for celebrating the founding of the United Nations)
Allhallows Eve; Hallowe'en; Halloween (the evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people)
saint's day (a day commemorating a saint)
June 23; Midsummer Eve; Midsummer Night; St John's Eve; St John's Night (the night before Midsummer Day)
school day (any day on which school is in session)
speech day (an annual day in the schools when speeches are made and prizes are distributed)
washday; washing day (a day set aside for doing household laundry)
wedding day (the day of a wedding)
anniversary; day of remembrance (the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it))
Admission Day (in some states of the United States: a legal holiday commemorating the day the state was admitted to the Union)
Arbor Day (a day designated for planting trees)
Cinco de Mayo (the fifth of May which is observed in Mexico and Mexican-American communities in the United States to commemorate the Mexican victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862)
commencement day; degree day (the day on which university degrees are conferred)
November 5 (anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot)
Inauguration Day; January 20 (the day designated for inauguration of the United States President)
bissextile day; February 29; leap day (the name of the day that is added during a leap year)
V-day; Victory Day (the day of a victory)
rag day (a day on which university students hold a rag)
red-letter day (a memorably happy or noteworthy day (from the custom of marking holy days in red on church calendars))
payday (the day on which you receive pay for your work)
election day; polling day (the day appointed for an election; in the United States it is the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November)
February 14; Saint Valentine's Day; St Valentine's Day; Valentine's Day; Valentine Day (a day for the exchange of tokens of affection)
February 12; Lincoln's Birthday (the day on which President Abraham Lincoln is remembered)
February 2; Groundhog Day (if the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter)
holiday (a day on which work is suspended by law or custom)
Tet (the New Year in Vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after January 20th)
January 19; Lee's Birthday; Robert E Lee's Birthday; Robert E Lee Day (celebrated in southern United States)
December 31; New Year's Eve (the last day of the year)
Walpurgis Night (eve of May Day)
market day (a fixed day for holding a public market)
ides (in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month)
field day ((military) a day for military exercises and display)
field day (a day for outdoor athletic competition)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
Example:
it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime
Synonyms:
day; daylight; daytime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("day" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Meronyms (parts of "day"):
forenoon; morn; morning; morning time (the time period between dawn and noon)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "day"):
afternoon (the part of the day between noon and evening)
midafternoon (the middle part of the afternoon)
eve; even; evening; eventide (the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall))
Holonyms ("day" is a part of...):
24-hour interval; day; mean solar day; solar day; twenty-four hour period; twenty-four hours (time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis)
Antonym:
night (the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside)
Sense 8
Meaning:
The time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
Synonyms:
day; sidereal day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("day" is a kind of...):
time unit; unit of time (a unit for measuring time periods)
sidereal time (measured by the diurnal motion of stars)
Sense 9
Meaning:
The period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis
Example:
how long is a day on Jupiter?
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("day" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "day"):
lunar day (the period of time taken for the moon to make one full rotation on its axis (about 27.3 sidereal days))
Sense 10
Meaning:
An era of existence or influence
Example:
he was a successful pianist in his day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("day" is a kind of...):
epoch; era (a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event)
Context examples:
Seven days from the time they pulled into Dawson, they dropped down the steep bank by the Barracks to the Yukon Trail, and pulled for Dyea and Salt Water.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
I did so, and did so every morning of my imprisonment, which lasted five days.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
To-morrow or next day it might he gone.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Well, Jim, three years have I been here, and not a bite of Christian diet from that day to this.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I feel very strongly about putting questions; it partakes too much of the style of the day of judgment.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
One thing led to another, and it ended in his inviting me out to spend a few days at his house, Wisteria Lodge, between Esher and Oxshott.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
One day, when my father had gone by himself to Milan, my mother, accompanied by me, visited this abode.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
I am a lonely man, my sweeting, and I must settle some day when the wars are over and done.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Cherish her, then, whilst you may, for the day will come when every hasty deed or heedless word will come back with its sting to hive in your own heart.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A time period that includes one-half of the total number of days plus at least one more.
(More than Half the Days, NCI Thesaurus)
