day : Idioms & Phrases

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365 days

  • noun a year that is not a leap year
    common year.
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366 days

  • noun in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years divisible by 400
    intercalary year; bissextile year; leap year.
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Absolution day

  • (R. C. Ch.), Tuesday before Easter.
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admission day

  • noun in some states of the United States: a legal holiday commemorating the day the state was admitted to the Union
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all day long

  • adverb during the entire day
    daylong.
    • light pours daylong into the parlor
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all fools' day

  • noun the first day of April which is celebrated by playing practical jokes
    April Fools'; All Fools' day.
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All" Fools' Day`
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  1. The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.
    The first of April, some do say, Is set apart for All Fools' Day. Poor Robin's Almanack (1760).
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all saints' day

  • noun a Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835
    November 1; Hallowmas; Hallowmass; Allhallows.
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all souls' day

  • noun a day of supplication for all the souls in purgatory
    November 2.
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All" Souls' Day`
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  1. The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the faithful dead.
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all-day sucker

  • noun hard candy on a stick
    sucker; lollipop.
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american indian day

  • noun US: the 4th Friday in September
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Anniversary day

  • (R. C. Ch.). See Anniversary, n., 2.
  • . See Anniversary, n.
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annunciation day

  • noun a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
    Annunciation Day; March 25; Annunciation.
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april fools' day

  • noun the first day of April which is celebrated by playing practical jokes
    April Fools'; All Fools' day.
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arbor day

  • noun a day designated for planting trees
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armed forces day

  • noun the 3rd Saturday in May
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armistice day

  • noun a legal holiday in the United States; formerly Armistice Day but called Veterans' Day since 1954
    Armistice Day; November 11; Veterans Day.
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ascension day

  • noun (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter
    Ascension; Ascension of the Lord.
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Astronomical day

  • a period equal to the mean solar day, but beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day, as that most used by astronomers.
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Banian days

  • (Naut.), days in which the sailors have no flesh meat served out to them. This use seems to be borrowed from the Banians or Banya race, who eat no flesh.
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bastille day

  • noun a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789
    14 July.
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bissextile day

  • noun the name of the day that is added during a leap year
    February 29; bissextile day.
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Born days

  • days since one was born; lifetime. Colloq.
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boxing day

  • noun first weekday after Christmas
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break of day

  • noun the first light of day
    sunup; daybreak; break of day; dawning; aurora; morning; first light; dayspring; dawn; cockcrow; sunrise.
    • we got up before dawn
    • they talked until morning
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break of the day

  • noun the first light of day
    sunup; daybreak; break of day; dawning; aurora; morning; first light; dayspring; dawn; cockcrow; sunrise.
    • we got up before dawn
    • they talked until morning
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by the day

  • adverb one every day
    per diem.
    • we'll save 100 man-hours per diem
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calendar day

  • noun a day reckoned from midnight to midnight
    calendar day.
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call it a day

  • verb stop doing what one is doing
    call it quits.
    • At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books
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candlemas day

  • noun feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland
    Candlemas; Feb 2.
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Canicular days

  • noun the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity
    canicular days; canicule.
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  • . See Dog day.
  • the dog days, See Dog days.
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Chair days

  • days of repose and age.
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childermas day

Chil"dermas day`
Etymology
AS. cildamæsse-dæg; cild child +dæg day.
Definitions
  1. (Eccl.) A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called also Holy Innocent's Day.
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christian holy day

  • noun a religious holiday for Christians
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Christmas day

  • noun a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
    Dec 25; Christmas; Xmas.
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  • . Same as Christmas.
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church of jesus christ of latter-day saints

  • noun church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
    Mormons; Mormon Church.
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citizenship day

  • noun celebrated in the United States
    September 17.
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Civil day

  • noun a day reckoned from midnight to midnight
    calendar day.
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  • the mean solar day, used in the ordinary reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight.
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clarence day

  • noun United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935)
    Clarence Day; Day.
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clarence shepard day jr.

  • noun United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935)
    Clarence Day; Day.
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Clear days

  • (Law.), days reckoned from one day to another, excluding both the first and last day; as, from Sunday to Sunday there are six clear days.
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Collar day

  • a day of great ceremony at the English court, when persons, who are dignitaries of honorary orders, wear the collars of those orders.
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columbus day

  • noun a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
    October 12; Columbus Day.
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Commemoration day

  • at the University of Oxford, Eng., an annual observance or ceremony in honor of the benefactors of the University, at which time honorary degrees are conferred.
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commencement day

  • noun the day on which university degrees are conferred
    commencement day.
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commonwealth day

  • noun British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth
    May 24; Commonwealth Day.
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Court day

  • a day on which a court sits to administer justice.
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cross-days

Cross"-days` noun plural
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  1. (Eccl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.
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d-day

  • noun date of the Allied landing in France, World War II
    6 June 1944.
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day after day

  • adverb for an indefinite number of successive days
    day after day.
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day bed

  • noun convertible consisting of an upholstered couch that can be converted into a double bed
    studio couch.
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Day blindness

  • noun inability to see clearly in bright light
    hemeralopia.
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  • . (Med.) See Nyctalopia.
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day boarder

  • noun a schoolchild at a boarding school who has meals at school but sleeps at home
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day book

  • noun the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station
    rap sheet; charge sheet; police blotter; blotter.
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day by day

  • adverb gradually and progressively
    daily.
    • his health weakened day by day
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Day by day, One by one, Piece by piece, etc.

  • each day, each one, each piece, etc., by itself singly or separately; each severally.
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Day by day, ∨ Day after day

  • daily; every day; continually; without intermission of a day. See under By. "Day by day we magnify thee." Book of Common Prayer.
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day camp

  • noun a camp providing care and activities for children during the daytime
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day care

  • noun childcare during the day while parents work
    daycare.
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day care center

  • noun a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work
    day care center.
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day game

  • noun a game played in daylight
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day in and day out

  • adverb without respite
    all the time.
    • he plays chess day in and day out
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Day in court

  • a day for the appearance of parties in a suit.
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day in day out

  • adverb for an indefinite number of successive days
    day after day.
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Day in, day out

  • from the beginning to the limit of each of several days; day by day; every day.
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day jessamine

  • noun West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day
    Cestrum diurnum.
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day laborer

  • noun a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
    day laborer.
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day labourer

  • noun a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
    day laborer.
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day lily

  • noun any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover
    plantain lily.
  • noun any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day
    daylily.
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Day" lil`y
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  1. (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants (Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers. (b) A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers.
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day nursery

  • noun a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work
    day care center.
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day of atonement

  • noun (Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law
    Yom Kippur.
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day of judgement

  • noun (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
    Day of Judgment; Day of Judgement; Judgment Day; Last Judgment; Judgement Day; doomsday; eschaton; crack of doom; day of reckoning; end of the world; Last Judgement.
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day of judgment

  • noun (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
    Day of Judgment; Day of Judgement; Judgment Day; Last Judgment; Judgement Day; doomsday; eschaton; crack of doom; day of reckoning; end of the world; Last Judgement.
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day of reckoning

  • noun (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
    Day of Judgment; Day of Judgement; Judgment Day; Last Judgment; Judgement Day; doomsday; eschaton; crack of doom; day of reckoning; end of the world; Last Judgement.
  • noun an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
    doomsday; doom; end of the world.
    • everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it
    • that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world
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day of remembrance

  • noun the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)
    anniversary.
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day of rest

  • noun a day set aside for rest
    day of rest.
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day of the month

  • noun the specified day of the month
    date.
    • what is the date today?
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day of the week

  • noun any one of the seven days in a week
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day off

  • noun a day when you are not required to work
    • Thursday is his day off
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Day owl

  • (Zoöl.), an owl that flies by day. See Hawk owl.
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day return

  • noun a return ticket (at reduced fare) for traveling both ways in the same day
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Day rule

  • (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished) allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go beyond the prison limits for a single day.
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Day school

  • noun a private school taking day students only
  • noun a school giving instruction during the daytime
  • noun a school building without boarding facilities
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  • one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in distinction from a boarding school.
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day shift

  • noun the work shift during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
  • noun workers who work during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
    day shift.
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Day sight

  • . (Med.) See Hemeralopia.
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day watch

  • noun workers who work during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
    day shift.
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Day's work

  • (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon.
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day-after-day

  • adjective satellite of or belonging to or occurring every day
    day-by-day; day-after-day; daily.
    • daily routine
    • a daily paper
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day-and-night

  • adjective satellite at all times
    around-the-clock; round-the-clock; nonstop.
    • around-the-clock nursing care
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day-by-day

  • adjective satellite of or belonging to or occurring every day
    day-by-day; day-after-day; daily.
    • daily routine
    • a daily paper
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day-coal

Day"-coal` noun
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  1. (Mining) The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface.
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day-labor

Day"-la`bor noun
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  1. Labor hired or performed by the day. Milton.
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day-laborer

Day"-la`bor*er noun
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  1. One who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade. Goldsmith.
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day-net

Day"-net` noun
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  1. A net for catching small birds.
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day-old

  • adjective satellite not fresh today
    • day-old bread is cheaper than fresh
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day-peep

Day"-peep` noun
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  1. The dawn. Poetic Milton.
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day-star

Day"-star` noun
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  1. The morning star; the star which ushers in the day.
    A dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts. 2 Peter i. 19.
  2. The sun, as the orb of day. Poetic
    So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. Milton.
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day-to-day

  • adjective satellite of or belonging to or occurring every day
    day-by-day; day-after-day; daily.
    • daily routine
    • a daily paper
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Days in bank

  • (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return of writs and the appearance of parties; so called because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench, or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. Burrill.
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Days of devotion

  • (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. Shipley.
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Days of grace

  • . See Grace.
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Days of obligation

  • (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. Shipley.
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decoration day

  • noun legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war
    Decoration Day.
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degree day

  • noun the day on which university degrees are conferred
    commencement day.
  • noun a unit used in estimating fuel requirements for heating a building
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Discount day

  • a particular day of the week when a bank discounts bills.
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discovery day

  • noun a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
    October 12; Columbus Day.
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dog day

Dog" day`, Dog"day` (Also<
  • Dog day
  • Dogday
)
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  1. One of the dog days.
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dog days

  • noun the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity
    canicular days; canicule.
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Dog" days`
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  1. A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; -- so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun. Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer. ✍ The conjunction of the rising of the Dog Star with the rising of the sun was regarded by the ancients as one of the causes of the sultry heat of summer, and of the maladies which then prevailed. But as the conjunction does not occur at the same time in all latitudes, and is not constant in the same region for a long period, there has been much variation in calendars regarding the limits of the dog days. The astronomer Roger Long states that in an ancient calendar in Bede (died 735) the beginning of dog days is placed on the 14th of July; that in a calendar prefixed to the Common Prayer, printed in the time of Queen Elizabeth, they were said to begin on the 6th of July and end on the 5th of September; that, from the Restoration (1660) to the beginning of New Style (1752), British almanacs placed the beginning on the 19th of July and the end on the 28th of August; and that after 1752 the beginning was put on the 30th of July, the end on the 7th of September. Some English calendars now put the beginning on July 3d, and the ending on August 11th. A popular American almanac of the present time (1890) places the beginning on the 25th of July, and the end on the 5th of September.
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dog-day cicada

  • noun its distinctive song is heard during July and August
    harvest fly.
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dominion day

  • noun a legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867
    July 1.
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early days

  • noun an early period of development
    youth.
    • during the youth of the project
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easter day

  • noun the day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated
    Easter Sunday.
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eight-day

  • adjective satellite lasting for eight days
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election day

  • noun the day appointed for an election; in the United States it is the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November
    election day.
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ember day

  • noun a day set aside for fasting and prayer
    Ember Day.
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Ember days

  • noun a day set aside for fasting and prayer
    Ember Day.
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  • (R. C. & Eng. Ch.), days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year. The Council of Placentia [A. D. 1095] appointed for ember days the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks.
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empire day

  • noun British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth
    May 24; Commonwealth Day.
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Ending day

  • day of death.
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Enneatical day

  • every ninth day of a disease.
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Essoin day

  • (Eng. Law), the first general return day of the term, on which the court sits to receive essoins.
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Evacuation day

  • the anniversary of the day on which the British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25, 1783.
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Eye of day, Eye of the morning, Eye of heaven

  • the sun. "So gently shuts the eye day." Mrs. Barbauld.
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Fast day

  • noun a day designated for fasting
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  • a day appointed for fasting, humiliation, and religious offices as a means of invoking the favor of God.
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Fasting day

  • a fast day; a day of fasting.
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father's day

  • noun US: third Sunday in June
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Feast day

  • noun a day designated for feasting
    feast day.
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  • a holiday; a day set as a solemn commemoative festival.
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fete day

  • noun a day designated for feasting
    feast day.
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Field day

  • noun (military) a day for military exercises and display
  • noun a day for outdoor athletic competition
  • noun a time of unusual pleasure and success
  • noun a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
    picnic; outing.
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  • . (a) A day in the fields. (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for instruction in evolutions. Farrow. (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.
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First day

  • Sunday; so called by the Friends.
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Fish day

  • a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
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flag day

  • noun commemorating the adoption of the United States flag in 1777
    June 14.
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For ever and a day

  • emphatically forever. Shak.
    She [Fortune] soon wheeled away, with scornful laughter, out of sight for ever and day. Prof. Wilson.
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forever and a day

  • adverb for a very long or seemingly endless time
    forever.
    • she took forever to write the paper
    • we had to wait forever and a day
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From day to day

  • as time passes; in the course of time; as, he improves from day to day.
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future day

  • adjective satellite yet to come
    • a future-day Gibbon of Macaulay
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Gained day

  • the calendar day gained in sailing eastward around the earth.
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Gala day

  • a day of mirth and festivity; a holiday.
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Gale day

  • the day on which rent or interest is due.
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Gang days

  • Rogation days; the time of perambulating parishes. See Gang week (below).
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gaud-day

Gaud"-day` noun
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  1. See Gaudy, a feast.
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good day

  • noun a farewell remark
    good-by; adieu; adios; so long; cheerio; good-bye; arrivederci; sayonara; auf wiedersehen; goodbye; bye-bye; goodby; bye; au revoir.
    • they said their good-byes
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good old days

  • noun past times remembered with nostalgia
    auld langsyne; old times; langsyne.
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Grand days

  • (Eng. Law), certain days in the terms which are observed as holidays in the inns of court and chancery (Candlemas, Ascension, St. John Baptist's, and All Saints' Days); called also Dies non juridici.
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groundhog day

  • noun if the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter
    February 2.
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guy fawkes day

  • noun day for the celebration of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot
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High day

  • (Script.), a holy or feast day. John xix. 31.
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high holy day

  • noun Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity
    High Holiday.
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holy day

  • noun a day specified for religious observance
    religious holiday.
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holy day of obligation

  • noun a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion
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Holy Innocents' day

  • noun December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem
    Holy Innocents' Day.
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  • Childermas day.
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Holy-cross day

  • the fourteenth of September, observed as a church festival, in memory of the exaltation of our Savior's cross.
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inauguration day

  • noun the day designated for inauguration of the United States President
    January 20.
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independence day

  • noun a legal holiday in the United States
    Fourth of July; July 4.
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Innocents' day

  • noun December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem
    Holy Innocents' Day.
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  • (Eccl.), Childermas day.
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Intercalary day

  • (Med.), one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs.
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Jewish day

  • the time between sunset and sunset.
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jewish holy day

  • noun a religious holiday for Jews
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judgement day

  • noun (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
    Day of Judgment; Day of Judgement; Judgment Day; Last Judgment; Judgement Day; doomsday; eschaton; crack of doom; day of reckoning; end of the world; Last Judgement.
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Judgment day

  • noun (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
    Day of Judgment; Day of Judgement; Judgment Day; Last Judgment; Judgement Day; doomsday; eschaton; crack of doom; day of reckoning; end of the world; Last Judgement.
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  • (Theol.), the last day, or period when final judgment will be pronounced on the subjects of God's moral government.
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Juridical days

  • days on which courts are open.
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labor day

  • noun first Monday in September in the United States and Canada
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lady day

  • noun a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
    Annunciation Day; March 25; Annunciation.
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lammas day

  • noun commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England
    August 1; Lammas.
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last day

  • noun (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
    Day of Judgment; Day of Judgement; Judgment Day; Last Judgment; Judgement Day; doomsday; eschaton; crack of doom; day of reckoning; end of the world; Last Judgement.
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latter-day

  • adjective satellite belonging to the present or recent times
    • the latter-day problems of our society
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latter-day saint

  • noun a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
    Mormon.
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Lat"ter-day` saint"
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  1. A Mormon; -- the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being the name assumed by the whole body of Mormons.
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Law day

  • . (a) Formerly, a day of holding court, esp. a court-leet. (b) The day named in a mortgage for the payment of the money to secure which it was given . U. S.
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Lay days

  • (Com.), time allowed in a charter party for taking in and discharging cargo. McElrath.
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leap day

  • noun the name of the day that is added during a leap year
    February 29; bissextile day.
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lord's day

  • noun first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
    Sun; Sunday; Dominicus.
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Love day

  • a day formerly appointed for an amicable adjustment of differences. Obs. Piers Plowman. Chaucer.
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lunar day

  • noun the period of time taken for the moon to make one full rotation on its axis (about 27.3 sidereal days)
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major fast day

  • noun one of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar
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market day

  • noun a fixed day for holding a public market
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martin luther king day

  • noun observed on the Monday closest to January 15
    Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday.
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may day

  • noun observed in many countries to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia and related countries in honor of labor
    First of May; May 1.
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Mean solar day

  • noun time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
    twenty-four hours; mean solar day; twenty-four hour period; day; 24-hour interval.
    • two days later they left
    • they put on two performances every day
    • there are 30,000 passengers per day
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  • (Astron.), the mean or average of all the apparent solar days of the year.
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memorial day

  • noun legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war
    Decoration Day.
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michaelmas day

  • noun honoring the archangel Michael; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
    Michaelmas; September 29.
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midsummer day

  • noun a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
    Midsummer Day; June 24; Midsummer's Day.
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midsummer's day

  • noun a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
    Midsummer Day; June 24; Midsummer's Day.
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minor fast day

  • noun one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar
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modern-day

  • adjective satellite characteristic of the present
    contemporary.
    • contemporary trends in design
    • the role of computers in modern-day medicine
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mother's day

  • noun second Sunday in May
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Moving day

  • a day when one moves; esp., a day when a large number of tenants change their dwelling place.
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naked as the day one was born

  • adjective satellite as naked as at birth
    in one's birthday suit; in your birthday suit; mother-naked; naked as the day one was born.
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naked as the day you were born

  • adjective satellite as naked as at birth
    in one's birthday suit; in your birthday suit; mother-naked; naked as the day one was born.
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name day

  • noun the feast day of a saint whose name one bears
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natal day

  • noun the date on which a person was born
    birthday.
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Natural day

  • the space of twenty-four hours. Chaucer.
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new year's day

  • noun the first day of the year
    New Year's; January 1.
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New" Year's` Day"
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  1. the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New year's or new year.
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off-day

  • noun a day when things go poorly
    • I guess this is one of my off-days
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Officer of the day

  • (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp.
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One day

  • . (a) On a certain day, not definitely specified, referring to time past.
    One day when Phoebe fair, With all her band, was following the chase. Spenser.
    (b) Referring to future time: At some uncertain day or period; some day.
    Well, I will marry one day. Shak.
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One day, One of these days

  • at an uncertain time, usually of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. "Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband." Shak.
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Only from day to day

  • without certainty of continuance; temporarily. Bacon.
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Order of the day

  • noun the order of business for an assembly on a given day
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  • in legislative bodies, the special business appointed for a specified day.
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Packet day

  • the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day.
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pan american day

  • noun a day celebrating political and economic unity among American countries
    April 14.
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pancake day

  • noun the last day before Lent
    Mardi Gras; Shrove Tuesday.
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patriot's day

  • noun the 3rd Monday in April; Massachusetts and Maine celebrate the battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775
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Pay day

  • the day of settlement of accounts.
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Peep-o'-day boys

  • the Irish insurgents of 1784; so called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at day break in search of arms. Cant
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Planetary days

  • the days of the week as shared among the planets known to the ancients, each having its day. Hutton.
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polling day

  • noun the day appointed for an election; in the United States it is the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November
    election day.
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poppy day

  • noun the Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated
    Remembrance Sunday; Poppy Day.
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Post day

  • a day on which the mall arrives or departs.
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present-day

  • adjective satellite belonging to the present time
    contemporary.
    • contemporary leaders
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presidents' day

  • noun the third Monday in February; commemorates both presidents Lincoln and Washington
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Quarter day

  • noun a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due
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  • a day regarded as terminating a quarter of the year; hence, one on which any payment, especially rent, becomes due. In matters influenced by United States statutes, quarter days are the first days of January, April, July, and October. In New York and many other places, as between landlord and tenant, they are the first days of May, August, November, and February. The quarter days usually recognized in England are 25th of March (Lady Day), the 24th of June (Midsummer Day), the 29th of September (Michaelmas Day), and the 25th of December (Christmas Day).
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rag day

  • noun a day on which university students hold a rag
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rainy day

  • noun a (future) time of financial need
    • I am saving for a rainy day
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Red-letter day

  • noun a memorably happy or noteworthy day (from the custom of marking holy days in red on church calendars)
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  • a day that is fortunate or auspicious; so called in allusion to the custom of marking holy days, or saints' days, in the old calendars with red letters.
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remembrance day

  • noun the Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated
    Remembrance Sunday; Poppy Day.
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rest day

  • noun a day set aside for rest
    day of rest.
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Return day

  • (Law), the day when the defendant is to appear in court, and the sheriff is to return the writ and his proceedings.
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robert e lee day

  • noun celebrated in southern United States
    Robert E Lee's Birthday; Lee's Birthday; January 19.
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rogation day

  • noun one of the three days before Ascension Day; observed by some Christians as days of supplication
    Rogation Day.
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Rogation days

  • noun one of the three days before Ascension Day; observed by some Christians as days of supplication
    Rogation Day.
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  • (Eccl.), the three days which immediately precede Ascension Day; so called as being days on which the people, walking in procession, sang litanies of special supplication.
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Running days

  • (Com.), the consecutive days occupied on a voyage under working days. Simmonds.
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Sabbath-day's journey

  • a distance of about a mile, which, under Rabbinical law, the Jews were allowed to travel on the Sabbath.
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saint patrick's day

  • noun a day observed by the Irish to commemorate the patron saint of Ireland
    March 17; Saint Patrick's Day.
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saint valentine's day

  • noun a day for the exchange of tokens of affection
    Saint Valentine's Day; February 14; Valentine Day; St Valentine's Day.
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saint's day

  • noun a day commemorating a saint
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salad days

  • noun the best time of youth
    bloom of youth; bloom.
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school day

  • noun any day on which school is in session
    school day.
    • go to bed early because tomorrow is a school day
  • noun the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
    school day; school; schooltime.
    • stay after school
    • he didn't miss a single day of school
    • when the school day was done we would walk home together
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School days

  • noun any day on which school is in session
    school day.
    • go to bed early because tomorrow is a school day
  • noun the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
    school day; school; schooltime.
    • stay after school
    • he didn't miss a single day of school
    • when the school day was done we would walk home together
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  • the period in which youth are sent to school.
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Settling day

  • a day for settling accounts, as in the stock market.
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seven-day

  • adjective satellite lasting through a week
    weeklong.
    • her weeklong vacation
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Seventh day

  • the seventh day of the week; Saturday.
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seventh-day adventism

  • noun Adventism that is strongly Protestant and observes Saturday as the Sabbath
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Seventh-day Baptists

  • a sect of Baptists who keep the seventh day of the week, or Saturday, as the Sabbath. See Sabbatarian. The Dunkers and Campbellites are also Baptists.
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Seventh-day Dunkers

  • a sect which separated from the Dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. They keep the seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath.
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Ship's days

  • the days allowed a vessel for loading or unloading.
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Sidereal clock, day, month, year

  • . See under Clock, Day, etc.
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Sidereal day

  • noun the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
    day.
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  • the interval between two successive transits of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time.
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six day war

  • noun tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967; Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East
    Arab-Israeli War; Six Day War.
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six-day war

  • noun tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967; Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East
    Arab-Israeli War; Six Day War.
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Solar day

  • noun time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
    twenty-four hours; mean solar day; twenty-four hour period; day; 24-hour interval.
    • two days later they left
    • they put on two performances every day
    • there are 30,000 passengers per day
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  • . See Day, 2.
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speech day

  • noun an annual day in the schools when speeches are made and prizes are distributed
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st john's day

  • noun a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
    Midsummer Day; June 24; Midsummer's Day.
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st martin's day

  • noun the feast of Saint Martin; a quarter day in Scotland
    11 November; Martinmas.
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st patrick's day

  • noun a day observed by the Irish to commemorate the patron saint of Ireland
    March 17; Saint Patrick's Day.
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st valentine's day

  • noun a day for the exchange of tokens of affection
    Saint Valentine's Day; February 14; Valentine Day; St Valentine's Day.
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ten-day fern

  • noun widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
    leatherleaf fern; Rumohra adiantiformis; leather fern; Polystichum adiantiformis.
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texas independence day

  • noun Texans celebrate the anniversary of Texas' declaration of independence from Mexico in 1836
    March 2.
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thanksgiving day

  • noun fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
    Thanksgiving.
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The dark day

  • a day (May 19, 1780) when a remarkable and unexplained darkness extended over all New England.
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The other day

  • at a certain time past, not distant, but indefinite; not long ago; recently; rarely, the third day past.
    Bind my hair up: as't was yesterday? No, nor t' other day. B. Jonson.
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three kings' day

  • noun twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
    January 6; Epiphany; Epiphany of Our Lord; Three Kings' Day.
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three-day event

  • noun an equestrian competition; the first day is dressage; the second is cross-country jumping; the third is stadium jumping
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three-day measles

  • noun a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester
    rubella; German measles; epidemic roseola.
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Ticket day

  • (Com.), the day before the settling or pay day on the stock exchange, when the names of the actual purchasers are rendered in by one stockbroker to another. Eng. Simmonds.
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Tide day

  • the interval between the occurrences of two consecutive maxima of the resultant wave at the same place. Its length varies as the components of sun and moon waves approach to, or recede from, one another. A retardation from this cause is called the lagging of the tide, while the acceleration of the recurrence of high water is termed the priming of the tide. See Lag of the tide, under 2d Lag.
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Time of day

  • noun clock time
    hour.
    • the hour is getting late
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  • salutation appropriate to the times of the day, as "good morning," "good evening," and the like; greeting.
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To give the time of day

  • to salute one with the compliment appropriate to the hour, as "good morning." "good evening", etc.
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To hold one's day

  • to keep one's appointment. Obs. Chaucer.
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To win the day

  • to gain the victory, to be successful. S. Butler.
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to-day

To-day" adverb
Etymology
AS. to dæg. See To, prep., and Day.
Definitions
  1. On this day; on the present day.
    Worcester's horse came but to-day. Shak.
To-day" noun
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  1. The present day. usu. spelt today.
    On to-day Is worth for me a thousand yesterdays. Longfellow.
    today adj. modern, recent.
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Training day

  • a day on which a military company assembles for drill or parade. U. S.
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Transfer day

  • one of the days fixed by the Bank of England for the transfer, free of charge, of bank stock and government funds. These days are the first five business days in the week before three o'clock. Transfers may be made on Saturdays on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. Bithell.
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transfiguration day

  • noun (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus
    Transfiguration; August 6.
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Trysting day

  • an arranged day of meeting or assembling, as of soldiers, friends, and the like.
    And named a trysting day, And bade his messengers ride forth East and west and south and north, To summon his array. Macaulay.
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twelfth day

  • noun twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
    January 6; Epiphany; Epiphany of Our Lord; Three Kings' Day.
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twelfth-day

Twelfth"-day` noun
Definitions
  1. See Twelfthtide.
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united nations day

  • noun a day for celebrating the founding of the United Nations
    October 24.
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v-day

  • noun the day of a victory
    V-day.
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v-e day

  • noun the date of Allied victory in Europe, World War II
    8 May 1945.
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v-j day

  • noun the date of Allied victory over Japan, World War II
    15 August 1945.
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valentine day

  • noun a day for the exchange of tokens of affection
    Saint Valentine's Day; February 14; Valentine Day; St Valentine's Day.
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valentine's day

  • noun a day for the exchange of tokens of affection
    Saint Valentine's Day; February 14; Valentine Day; St Valentine's Day.
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veterans day

  • noun a legal holiday in the United States; formerly Armistice Day but called Veterans' Day since 1954
    Armistice Day; November 11; Veterans Day.
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veterans' day

  • noun a legal holiday in the United States; formerly Armistice Day but called Veterans' Day since 1954
    Armistice Day; November 11; Veterans Day.
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victoria day

  • noun a public holiday in Canada on the Monday on or before May 24th
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victory day

  • noun the day of a victory
    V-day.
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washing day

  • noun a day set aside for doing household laundry
    washday.
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wedding day

  • noun the day of a wedding
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Week day

  • any day of the week except Sunday; a working day.
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Without day

  • a translation of L. sine die, without the appointment of a day to appear or assemble again; finally; as, the Fortieth Congress then adjourned without day.
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work day

  • noun a day on which work is done
    workday; work day.
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Working day

  • noun a day on which work is done
    workday; work day.
  • noun the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage
    workday.
    • they work an 8-hour day
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  • . (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction from Sundays and legal holidays. (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom, during which a workman, hired at a stated price per day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay.
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working-day

Work"ing-day adjective
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  1. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or workdays; everyday; hence, plodding; hard-working.
    O, how full of briers in this working-day world. Shak.
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Year and a day

  • (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an act or an event, in order that an entire year might be secured beyond all question. Abbott.
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