"all day" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} all day (not comparable)
  1. For the period of an entire day, or at least during all the daytime of a day. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: can do this all day Related terms: as the day is long, daylong, dayslong, for days, livelong Translations (the entire day): طُول اَلْيَوْم (ṭūl al-yawm) (Arabic), طُول اَلنَّهَار (ṭūl an-nahār) (Arabic), كُلّ اَلْيَوْم (kull al-yawm) (Arabic), 成日 (seng⁴ jat⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 終日 (Chinese Mandarin), 终日 (zhōngrì) (Chinese Mandarin), 全天 (quántiān) (Chinese Mandarin), 整天 (zhěngtiān) (Chinese Mandarin), de hele dag (Dutch), tuttage (Esperanto), koko päivän (Finnish), toute la journée (French), den ganzen Tag (German), 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌳𐌰𐌲 (allana dag) (Gothic), όλη μέρα (alt: τη) (Greek), όλη την ημέρα (óli tin iméra) (Greek), ολημερίς (olimerís) (english: (literary)) (Greek), दिन भर (din bhar) (Hindi), सारे दिन (sāre din) (Hindi), seharian (Indonesian), 終日 (jūjitsu) (alt: じゅうじつ) (Japanese), 一日中 (ichinichijū) (alt: いちにちじゅう) (Japanese), patingapun (Kapampangan), វាស់ថ្ងៃ (voah tŋay) (Khmer), 하루 종일 (haru jong'il) (Korean), diū (Latin), ealne dæġ (Old English), cały dzień (Polish), o dia todo (Portuguese), toată ziua (Romanian), це́лый день (célyj denʹ) (Russian), весь день (vesʹ denʹ) (Russian), fad an latha (Scottish Gaelic), todo el día (Spanish), gün boyu (Turkish), весь день (vesʹ denʹ) (Ukrainian), سارے دن (sāre din) (Urdu), cả ngày (Vietnamese), suốt ngày (Vietnamese), бүтүн күн (bütün kün) (Yakut), אַ גאַנצן טאָג (a gantsn tog) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-all_day-en-adv-en:during_an_entire_day Disambiguation of 'the entire day': 95 5
  2. (figuratively) Easily; handily; in spades; by far. Tags: figuratively, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-all_day-en-adv-en:in_spades Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 79

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          "code": "uk",
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          "sense": "the entire day",
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      "roman": "jūjitsu",
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      "sense": "the entire day",
      "word": "cały dzień"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the entire day",
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      "roman": "célyj denʹ",
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      "word": "це́лый день"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vesʹ denʹ",
      "sense": "the entire day",
      "word": "весь день"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the entire day",
      "word": "fad an latha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the entire day",
      "word": "todo el día"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the entire day",
      "word": "gün boyu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vesʹ denʹ",
      "sense": "the entire day",
      "word": "весь день"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sāre din",
      "sense": "the entire day",
      "word": "سارے دن"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the entire day",
      "word": "cả ngày"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the entire day",
      "word": "suốt ngày"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "bütün kün",
      "sense": "the entire day",
      "word": "бүтүн күн"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "a gantsn tog",
      "sense": "the entire day",
      "word": "אַ גאַנצן טאָג"
    }
  ],
  "word": "all day"
}

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