days
nounnounverbadverbtop 1 000 in film dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈdɛjz//
- //ˈdeɪz//
A particular time or period of vague extent.
noun
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Also a form of dayplural of day
Etymology
From Middle English dayes, dawes, from Old English dagas, from Proto-Germanic *dagōs, *dagōz, plural of *dagaz, equivalent to day + -s (plural ending).
noun
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A particular time or period of vague extent.
Things were more relaxed in Grandpa's days.
His days of being the king are over.
In the old days, […], he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.
He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
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Life.
That's how he ended his days.
verb
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Also a form of daythird-person singular simple present indicative of day
adverb
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During the day.
She works days at the garage.
Etymology
From Middle English daies, from Old English dæġes (“by day”), from Proto-Germanic *dagas, *dagis, genitive of *dagaz, equivalent to day + -s (adverbial ending).
days · A particular time or period of vague extent.
daytime · The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.dazzle · To confuse or overpower the sight of (someone or something,…dazzling · Extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes…