day (days plural )
1 n-count A day is one of the seven twenty-four hour periods of time in a week.
2 n-var Day is the time when it is light, or the time when you are up and doing things., (Antonym: night)
27 million working days are lost each year due to work accidents and sickness..., He arranged for me to go down to London one day a week..., The snack bar is open during the day.
3 n-count You can refer to a particular period in history as a particular day or as particular days.
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He began to talk about the Ukraine of his uncle's day..., She is doing just fine these days.
4 If something happens day after day, it happens every day without stopping.
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day after day phrase
The newspaper job had me doing the same thing day after day.
5 In this day and age means in modern times.
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in this day and age phrase
Even in this day and age the old attitudes persist.
6 If you say that something has seen better days, you mean that it is old and in poor condition.
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have seen better days phrase V inflects
The tweed jacket she wore had seen better days.
7 If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
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call it a day phrase V inflects
Faced with mounting debts, the decision to call it a day was inevitable...
8 If someone carries the day, they are the winner in a contest such as a battle, debate, or sporting competition. (JOURNALISM)
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carry the day phrase V inflects
For the time being, the liberals seem to have carried the day.
9 If you say that something has had its day, you mean that the period during which it was most successful or popular has now passed.
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has had its day phrase V inflects
Beat music may finally have had its day...
10 If something makes your day, it makes you feel very happy.
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make sb's day phrase V inflects
Come on, Bill. Send Tom a card and make his day...
11 One day or some day or one of these days means at some time in the future.
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one day/some day/one of these days phrase PHR with cl
I too dreamed of living in London one day..., I hope some day you will find the woman who will make you happy...
12 If you say that something happened the other day, you mean that it happened a few days ago.
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the other day phrase PHR with cl
I phoned your office the other day...
13 If someone or something saves the day in a situation which seems likely to fail, they manage to make it successful.
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save the day phrase V inflects
...this story about how he saved the day at his daughter's birthday party...
14 If something happens from day to day or day by day, it happens each day.
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from day to day phrase
Your needs can differ from day to day..., I live for the moment, day by day, not for the past.
15 If it is a month or a year to the day since a particular thing happened, it is exactly a month or a year since it happened.
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to the day phrase amount PHR
It was January 19, a year to the day since he had arrived in Singapore...
16 To this day means up until and including the present time.
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to this day phrase PHR with cl
To this day young Zulu boys practise fighting.
17 If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated. (mainly JOURNALISM)
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win the day/lose the day phrase V inflects
His determination and refusal to back down had won the day...
18 If you say that a task is all in a day's work for someone, you mean that they do not mind doing it although it may be difficult, because it is part of their job or because they often do it.
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all in a day's work phrase usu v-link PHR, oft PHR for n
For war reporters, dodging snipers' bullets is all in a day's work...
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your day in court
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court
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it's early days
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early
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at the end of the day
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end
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late in the day
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late
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someone's days are numbered
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number
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the good old days
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old
