Day

Quick meaning: Day is a noun meaning The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.

Meaning

The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.

More Meanings

1. A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.
2. (informal or meteorology) A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise.
3. (astronomy) The rotational period of a planet.
4. The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
5. An observance lasting for a day, such as an annual holiday.
6. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time; era.
7. A period of time between two set times which mark the beginning and the end of day in a calendar, such as from midnight to the following midnight or (Judaism) from nightfall to the following nightfall.

Example Sentences

The day begins at midnight.

I've been here for two days and a bit.

day and night; I work at night and sleep during the day.

Monday is the first day of the week in many countries of the world.

Word Forms

• days
• daye
• daying
• dayed

Synonyms for day

Depending on context, synonyms include yearday, daylight, daylength, daytime, photoperiod, nychthemeron.

Antonyms for day

Common opposites include night, nightertale, nighttime, scotoperiod, skotoperiod, dark.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include daytime, daylight, tomorrow, morrow, daylong, yesterday.

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