Meaning
1 senses(rare)To spend a day (in a place).
Examples
20142 sentencesThe meeting is ten days away.
Зустріч буде за десять днів. — deniko
deDas Treffen ist in zehn Tagen. — Zaghawa
It was such a nice day.
Це був такий чудовий день. — ascolto
ruБыл такой хороший день. — odexed
How can I forget those days?
Як я можу забути ті дні? — deniko
ruКак я могу забыть те дни? — Balamax
deWie kann ich jene Tage vergessen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It was a really beautiful day.
То був насправді чудовий день. — deniko
ruЭто был по-настоящему прекрасный день. — odexed
deEs war ein wirklich schöner Tag. — nemoli
That's a bad day for me.
Це невдалий день для мене. — deniko
ruЭто плохой день для меня. — Hellerick
deDas ist ein schlechter Tag für mich. — Tamy
Origin
Inherited from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, frInherited from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).
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Forms
days, daying, dayed, dayedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- days days
- three days days
- every day
- few days days
- all day
- three days
- a few days
- almost every day
- days days ago
- more days days
- few days
- for three days
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.