"time of day" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: times of day [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|times of day}} time of day (plural times of day)
  1. The time according to the clock. Synonyms (time according to the clock): time, clock time, o'clock [dialectal]
    Sense id: en-time_of_day-en-noun-GJvX45SE Disambiguation of 'time according to the clock': 72 9 8 11 0
  2. A loosely specified period of time, minutes or hours in duration, especially daytime, or point in time. Categories (topical): Times of day Synonyms (loosely specified point in time): time, hour Translations (loosely specified period of or point in time): aika päivästä (Finnish), vuorokaudenaika (Finnish), დღის მონაკვეთი (dɣis monaḳveti) (Georgian), დღის პერიოდი (dɣis ṗeriodi) (Georgian), Tageszeit [feminine] (German), napszak (Hungarian), pora dnia [feminine] (Polish), timpul zilei [masculine] (Romanian), вре́мя (vrémja) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-time_of_day-en-noun-PSZKDVi~ Disambiguation of Times of day: 20 37 13 28 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 61 2 12 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 52 3 22 1 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 56 4 13 2 Disambiguation of 'loosely specified point in time': 8 86 3 3 0 Disambiguation of 'loosely specified period of or point in time': 3 91 3 3 0
  3. The greeting appropriate to the time of day. Translations (greetings appropriate to the time of day): päivää (Finnish), вре́мя су́ток (vrémja sútok) (alt: as in "до́брого вре́мени су́ток") [neuter] (Russian), приве́т (privét) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-time_of_day-en-noun-kpJaMZ7t Disambiguation of 'greetings appropriate to the time of day': 25 11 46 17 0
  4. (dialectal, informal, dated) era: time; day. Tags: dated, dialectal, informal Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: loosely specified period of time [time] Hyponyms: dawn, morning, noon, midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, midnight Derived forms: fair time of day, give the time of day, good time of day, know the time of day, pass the time of day, time of day animation Related terms: give the time of day, time of the month, know what's o'clock Coordinate_terms: time of night, time of year
    Sense id: en-time_of_day-en-noun-en:era Disambiguation of Time: 25 24 20 31 0
  5. (archaic) The right thing; the ticket; that which is needed. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-time_of_day-en-noun-ekUd4qcU

Inflected forms

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