"days" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈdeɪz/ Audio: en-us-days.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪz 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|daies}} Middle English daies, {{inh|en|ang|dæġes|t=by day}} Old English dæġes (“by day”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*dagas}} Proto-Germanic *dagas, {{m|gem-pro|*dagis}} *dagis, {{m|gem-pro|*dagaz}} *dagaz, {{suffix|en|day|s|id2=adverbial|pos2=adverbial ending}} day + -s (adverbial ending) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} days (not comparable)
  1. During the day. Tags: not-comparable Translations (during the day): om dagen (Danish), tagsüber (German), tags (German), am Tag (German), nappal (Hungarian), ziua (Romanian), gündüzleri (Turkish), gündüzleyin (Turkish), sabahları (Turkish), sabahleyin (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-days-en-adv-m3aL-bcZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈdeɪz/ Audio: en-us-days.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪz Etymology: From Middle English dayes, dawes, from Old English dagas, from Proto-Germanic *dagōs, *dagōz, plural of *dagaz, equivalent to day + -s (plural ending). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dayes}} Middle English dayes, {{m|enm|dawes}} dawes, {{inh|en|ang|dagas}} Old English dagas, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*dagōs}} Proto-Germanic *dagōs, {{m|gem-pro|*dagōz}} *dagōz, {{m|gem-pro|*dagaz}} *dagaz, {{suffix|en|day|s|pos2=plural ending}} day + -s (plural ending) Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} days
  1. plural of day Tags: form-of, plural Form of: day
    Sense id: en-days-en-noun-yOdaUAH8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈdeɪz/ Audio: en-us-days.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪz Etymology: From Middle English dayes, dawes, from Old English dagas, from Proto-Germanic *dagōs, *dagōz, plural of *dagaz, equivalent to day + -s (plural ending). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dayes}} Middle English dayes, {{m|enm|dawes}} dawes, {{inh|en|ang|dagas}} Old English dagas, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*dagōs}} Proto-Germanic *dagōs, {{m|gem-pro|*dagōz}} *dagōz, {{m|gem-pro|*dagaz}} *dagaz, {{suffix|en|day|s|pos2=plural ending}} day + -s (plural ending) Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} days pl (plural only)
  1. A particular time or period of vague extent. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-days-en-noun-UxLPBttc
  2. Life. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (life): أَيَّام (ʔayyām) [plural] (Arabic), dage [plural] (Danish), Tage [masculine, plural] (German), ദിവസങ്ങൾ (divasaṅṅaḷ) (Malayalam), dager [plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), vida [feminine] (Portuguese), dia-a-dia [masculine] (Portuguese), zile [feminine] (Romanian), дни (dni) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-days-en-noun-7SJyHCDs Disambiguation of 'life': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈdeɪz/ Audio: en-us-days.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪz Etymology: From Middle English dayes, dawes, from Old English dagas, from Proto-Germanic *dagōs, *dagōz, plural of *dagaz, equivalent to day + -s (plural ending). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dayes}} Middle English dayes, {{m|enm|dawes}} dawes, {{inh|en|ang|dagas}} Old English dagas, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*dagōs}} Proto-Germanic *dagōs, {{m|gem-pro|*dagōz}} *dagōz, {{m|gem-pro|*dagaz}} *dagaz, {{suffix|en|day|s|pos2=plural ending}} day + -s (plural ending) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} days
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of day Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: day
    Sense id: en-days-en-verb-vlJbpcmS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, English terms suffixed with -s, English terms suffixed with -s (adverbial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 7 13 73 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 26 12 12 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s: 4 9 11 76 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s (adverbial): 12 8 9 14 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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          "text": "Things were more relaxed in Grandpa's days.",
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          "ref": "1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest",
          "text": "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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          "ref": "1966, David S. Nivison, The Life and Thought of Chang Hsüeh-ch'eng (1738-1801), Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 100–101",
          "text": "With Pi’s removal from Honan, Chang lost his backing in the Kuei-te position and was obliged to relinquish it. In the winter we find him in nearby Po-chou, Anhwei, enjoying the hospitality of the magistrate P’ei Chen, who had been a friend since Chang's Peking days.",
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          "text": "The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account. That is a very American position.",
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        {
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "during the day",
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        {
          "code": "de",
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          "word": "am Tag"
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          "sense": "during the day",
          "word": "ziua"
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        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "during the day",
          "word": "gündüzleri"
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        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "during the day",
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        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "during the day",
          "word": "sabahları"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "during the day",
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          "text": "With Pi’s removal from Honan, Chang lost his backing in the Kuei-te position and was obliged to relinquish it. In the winter we find him in nearby Po-chou, Anhwei, enjoying the hospitality of the magistrate P’ei Chen, who had been a friend since Chang's Peking days.",
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      "sense": "life",
      "word": "ദിവസങ്ങൾ"
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}

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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "during the day",
      "word": "om dagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "during the day",
      "word": "tagsüber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "during the day",
      "word": "tags"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "during the day",
      "word": "am Tag"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "during the day",
      "word": "ziua"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "during the day",
      "word": "gündüzleri"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "during the day",
      "word": "gündüzleyin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "during the day",
      "word": "sabahları"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "during the day",
      "word": "sabahleyin"
    }
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}

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