day
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(noun) a period of opportunity; "he deserves his day in court"; "every dog has his day" |
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Related Words: chance, opportunity |
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(noun) some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual" |
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Related Words: Day of Judgement, Day of Judgment, Doomsday, Judgement Day, Judgment Day, Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment, day of reckoning, off-day, time |
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(noun) the recurring hours established by contract or usage for work; "it was a busy day on the stock exchange" |
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Related Words: work time, workday, working day |
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(noun) time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passangers per day" |
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Synonyms: mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hours |
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Related Words: date, day of the month, eve, morrow, time unit, today, tomorrow, unit of time, yesterday |
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(noun) a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day" |
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Related Words: Admission Day, All Fools' day, Allhallows Eve, American Indian Day, April 14, April Fools', April Fools' day, Arbor Day, Armed Forces Day, Citizenship Day, Davis' Birthday, December 31, Father's Day, Feb 29, February 12, February 14, February 2, February 22, First of May, Flag Day, Groundhog Day, Guy Fawkes Day, Hallowe'en, Halloween, Inauguration Day, January 19, January 20, Jefferson Davis' Birthday, June 14, June 23, June 3, Lee's Birthday, Lincoln's Birthday, March 17, March 2, May 1, May Day, Midsummer Eve, Midsummer Night, Mother's Day, New Year's Eve, Nov 5, October 24, Pan American Day, Patriot's Day, Robert E Lee Day, Robert E Lee's Birthday, Saint Patrick's Day, Saint Valentine's Day, September 17, St John's Eve, St John's Night, St Patrick's Day, St Valentine's Day, Tet, Texas Independence Day, United Nations Day, V-day, Valentine Day, Valentine's Day, Victory Day, Walpurgis Night, Washington's Birthday, anniversary, bissextile day, calendar day, civil day, commencement day, day of remembrance, degree day, election day, field day, holiday, ides, leap day, market day, payday, polling day, rag day, saint's day, school day, speech day, washday, washing day, wedding day |
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(noun) the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" |
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Synonyms: daylight, daytime |
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Related Words: afternoon, amount of time, eve, evening, eventide, midafternoon, period, period of time, time period |
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Antonyms: night |
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(noun) the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day on Jupiter?" |
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Related Words: amount of time, lunar day, period, period of time, time period |
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(noun) an era of existence or influence; "in the day of the dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days of sailing ships" |
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Related Words: epoch, era |
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(noun) the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day |
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Synonyms: sidereal day |
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Related Words: sidereal time, time unit, unit of time |
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