days
noun · adverb
Form of day , plural of day.
Simple meaning
A particular time or period of vague extent.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
dayzIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈdeɪz
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A particular time or period of vague extent.
The time during which someone's life continues
adverb
During the day.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A particular time or period of vague extent.
Used this way, days is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use days
- “The monarch's last days.”noun
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Word Family
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
The best time of youth.
An early period of development.
The hot period between early July and early September.
The hot period between early July and early September.
Past times remembered with nostalgia.
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