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say it: day
day is a noun meaning "time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis". It carries 10 recorded senses.
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 passengers per day”
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”
a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance
“Mother's Day”
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”
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”
“he was a successful pianist in his day”
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?”
the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for day come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.