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friday | day |

Friday is a derived term of day.

friday

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the norm; the Biblical sixth day of a week, the day before the Sabbath, or "day of preparation" in preparation for the Sabbath; the Islamic sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.
  • Derived terms

    * Black Friday * Bloody Friday * casual Friday * dress-down Friday * expiration Friday * First Friday * Fri, * Friday afternoon car, Friday car * Friday Eve * Friday-face * Friday-faced * Friday-fare * Friday fast * Friday-feat * Friday hat * Fridayitis * Friday-look * Friday Mosque * Friday night death slot * Friday Prayer * Fridays * Friday the thirteenth * Friday tree * gal Friday * girl Friday, Girl Friday * Golden Friday * Good Friday * Great and Holy Friday * Great Friday * guy Friday * Hollywood Black Friday * Holy Friday * the Long Friday * man Friday, Man Friday * Marlboro Friday * next sitting Friday * person Friday * Red Friday * thank God it's Friday, thank goodness it's Friday * virtual Friday * when two Fridays come together

    Adverb

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  • on Friday
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    day

    English

    Alternative forms

    * daie (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any period of 24 hours.
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  • A period from midnight to the following midnight.
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  • (lb) Rotational period of a planet (especially Earth).
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  • The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
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  • Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight; daytime.
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  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams,
  • A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
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  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
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  • *:If they had no more food than they had had in Jones's day , at least they did not have less.
  • A period of contention of a day or less.
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  • Derived terms

    * a broken clock is right twice a day * all-day * as the day is long * calendar day * Canada Day * daily * day after day * day-after-day * daybreak * daydream * daycare, day care * * day job * day laborer * day letter * daylight * daylily * day-neutral * day nursery * day off * day of reckoning * day one * day return * day school * daystar * daytime * day to day * day-to-day * day trader * day trip * day boarder * day bed * degree-day * dollar day * every dog has its day * field day * flag day, Flag Day * Friday * have its day * have seen one's day * holiday * holy day * judgment day * latter-day * Monday * payday * present-day * rainy day * Saturday * save the day * sick day * Sunday * Thursday * tomorrow is another day * Tuesday * Victoria day * Wednesday

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To spend a day (in a place).
  • * 2008 , Richard F. Burton, Arabian Nights, in 16 volumes , page 233:
  • When I nighted and dayed in Damascus town,

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