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Day

The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.

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Afternoon 76% connected

The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.

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All Fools' Day 76% connected

The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.

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Anniversary 76% connected

Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast.

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Date 76% connected

The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

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Doomsday 76% connected

A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death.

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Eve 76% connected

Evening.

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Even 76% connected

Evening. See Eve, n. 1.

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Evening 76% connected

of Even

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Eventide 76% connected

The time of evening; evening.

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Halloween 76% connected

The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day.

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Holiday 76% connected

A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.

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Ides 76% connected

The fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.

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Morrow 76% connected

Morning.

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Tomorrow 76% connected

On the day after the present day; on the next day; on the morrow.

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Workday 76% connected

A day on which work is performed, as distinguished from Sunday, festivals, etc., a working day.

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Yesterday 76% connected

The day last past; the day next before the present.

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Chance 76% connected

A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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Epoch 76% connected

A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event of great subseq…

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Era 76% connected

A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.

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Opportunity 76% connected

Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance.

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Period 76% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Time 76% connected

Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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Dark 70% connected

Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…

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Daylight 70% connected

The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.

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Daytime 70% connected

The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night.

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Forenoon 70% connected

The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon.

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Hour 70% connected

The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

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Midday 70% connected

The middle part of the day; noon.

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Morn 70% connected

The first part of the day; the morning; -- used chiefly in poetry.

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Morning 70% connected

Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service.

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Night 70% connected

That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when ther…

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Nighttime 70% connected

The time from dusk to dawn; -- opposed to daytime.

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Noon 70% connected

No. See the Note under No.

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Noonday 70% connected

Midday; twelve o'clock in the day; noon.

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Noontide 70% connected

The time of noon; midday.

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Synonym 2

Daylight 92% connected

The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.

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Daytime 92% connected

The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night.

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Nighttime 94% connected

The time from dusk to dawn; -- opposed to daytime.

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Nighttime 94% connected

The time from dusk to dawn; -- opposed to daytime.

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