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...
3 n-count You can refer to a particular period in history as a particular day or as particular days.
He began to talk about the Ukraine of his uncle's day...
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
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
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
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
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
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
I too dreamed of living in London one day...
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
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
...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...
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
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
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
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
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
