[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/day.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / day [← D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/D/) # day «day» in Mova's school dictionary: **the time from one midnight to the next; a day has 24…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (day, days) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A day is the time from one midnight to the next; a day has 24 hours and seven days make a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#m1) 2) Day is the light part of the day, when it is not night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#m2) 3) A day can be a time or age: «in those days». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#m3) 4) A day can mean a special day: «sports day», «a day off». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#m4) 5) (casual) «Day» is used in greetings: «G'day» (Australia), «have a nice day»; «call it a day» means stop working; «make my day» means make me very happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#m5) 6) (casual) «Not my day» means everything goes wrong; «that'll be the day» means that will never happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#m6) 7) (formal) Exams say «per diem», «daily», «per day», «a period of N days» and «on a daily basis». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#m7) ### sense in the lessons one day of the calendar; a unit of time: «N every day for D days» is N × D; from day S to day E, both days count; the Earth turns once in a day; phrases: «every day», «a day», «per day», «all day», «one day», «day and night», «these days», «day off»; in casual talk «g'day», «call it a day», «back in the day», «not my day»; in rough talk «not my bloody day, dropped 3 eggs»; in the exam voice «on a daily basis», «per diem», «over a period of 6 days» ### examples - Anna reads 3 pages every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#x1) - Zoe saves 4 cents a day for 6 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#x2) - A fair runs from day 3 to day 9. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#x3) - A day has 24 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#x4) - A week has 7 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#x5) - We spent the whole day at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#x6) - Owls sleep in the day and hunt at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#x7) - G'day mate, how many snags for the barbie? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#x8) - Not my bloody day, dropped 3 eggs and missed the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#x9) - Let's call it a day, we've done 20 sums. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#x10) - A sum of 4 cents is deposited on a daily basis over a period of 6 days. Compute the aggregate saved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#x11) - Back in the day, Grandpa walked 5 kilometres to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#x12) - She saw nought the first day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/#x13) ### note A day is 24 hours. A week is 7 days. «N every day for D days» is N × D. From day S to day E, both days count: E − S + 1. Trap: «a day» in «4 cents a day» means each day. «per diem», «daily» and «on a daily basis» in an exam mean each day. «back in the day» means long ago, not one day. ### In the corpora - [Night shifts mean working through the night and sleeping in the day; nurses, drivers, bakers and warehouse workers often do them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/6/) - [Payday is the day pay arrives in the bank, often once a month, so money is usually lowest just before it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/6/) - [A "For Sale" board means the family has decided to sell the house, and selling usually takes months, not days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/8/) - [Coming home with flowers the day after a row is making up, a way of saying sorry and wanting to be friends again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/9/) - [Morning sickness is feeling or being sick in early pregnancy, and despite the name it can happen at any time of day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/11/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «day» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/day/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.