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Days   /deɪz/   Listen
Days

noun
1.
The time during which someone's life continues.  Synonym: years.  "In his final years"



Day

noun
1.
Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.  Synonyms: 24-hour interval, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours.  "They put on two performances every day" , "There are 30,000 passengers per day"
2.
Some point or period in time.  "After that day she never trusted him again" , "Those were the days" , "These days it is not unusual"
3.
A day assigned to a particular purpose or observance.
4.
The time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside.  Synonyms: daylight, daytime.  "It is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"  Antonym: night.
5.
The recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working).  "It was a busy day on the stock exchange" , "She called it a day and went to bed"
6.
An era of existence or influence.  "In the days of the Roman Empire" , "In the days of sailing ships" , "He was a successful pianist in his day"
7.
The period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis.
8.
The time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day.  Synonym: sidereal day.
9.
A period of opportunity.  "Every dog has his day"
10.
United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935).  Synonyms: Clarence Day, Clarence Shepard Day Jr..



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"Days" Quotes from Famous Books



... any certain critical Days, or Periods, when this Disorder terminated.—Some, who had it slightly, got well in a few Days; with others, it continued longer: Some continued long feverish, and would seem cooler and freer from Fever for a Day or two, and then ...
— An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany • Donald Monro

... fortress rose from the face of the hill at a distance of a thousand yards or so from the edge of the plateau, which was fully two hundred feet higher than the top of the rock. In the old days it would have been impregnable, and even at that time it was an awkward place to take, for the troops were armed only with Brown Bess, and rifled cannon were not thought of. Looking round, I could see that I was some four miles from ...
— Among Malay Pirates - And Other Tales Of Adventure And Peril • G. A. Henty

... of most of us in these days needs "to purge and to live cleanly." Only by a course of treatment shall we bring our minds to feel at peace with the grand pure works of the world. Something we ought all to know of the masterpieces ...
— English Prose - A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice • Frederick William Roe (edit. and select.)

... understand that a very considerable part of the distance would have to be traversed by land—meant something like an average of fifteen miles a day; and fifteen miles a day for one hundred and twenty days meant a journey of eighteen hundred miles! But they were not dismayed; for by this time they had come to have unlimited confidence in themselves. They were daily becoming more learned in woodcraft, being now able to traverse at least three miles ...
— Two Gallant Sons of Devon - A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess • Harry Collingwood

... was made apparent at the battle of Malaga, where the French from leeward almost succeeded in dividing Rooke's fleet as it bore down. Still the idea was sound enough. The trouble was that it did not make sufficient allowance for the unhandiness of ships of the line in those days, and their difficulty in taking up or ...
— Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 - Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. • Julian S. Corbett


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