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day

noun
  1. a period of opportunity
    “Every person deserves their day in court.”
  2. some point or period in time
    “it should arrive any day now”
  3. the recurring hours when you are not sleeping, especially those when you are working
    “My day began early this morning.”
  4. time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
    “two days later they left”
    twenty-four hourstwenty-four hour periodsolar daymean solar day
  5. a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance
  6. the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
    “the dawn turned night into day”
    daylight
  7. the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
    sidereal day
  8. 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?”
  9. an era of existence or influence
    “in the day of the dinosaurs”