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What is the noun for day?

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daylight
  1. The light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.
  2. A light source that simulates daylight.
  3. (countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
  4. The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
  5. Daybreak.
  6. Exposure to public scrutiny.
  7. A clear, open space.
  8. (countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
  9. (idiomatic) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “By daylight, the guns were got on board the sloop and mounted, the ammunition and other etceteras secured.”
      “It was still daylight, but many cars had their headlamps on.”
      “High above, he could see daylight filtering through the vegetation.”
day
  1. Any period of 24 hours.
  2. A period from midnight to the following midnight.
  3. (astronomy) Rotational period of a planet (especially Earth).
  4. The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
  5. Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight; daytime.
  6. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
  7. A period of contention of a day or less.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “Although we worked hard during the day, we made up for it in the evenings with a hearty meal and many drinks.”
      “Although he has since been mostly forgotten, Smith was a very prominent astronomer in his day.”
      “He had a reputation for inspiring lectures, inherited from the most eminent moral philosopher of his day.”
days
everydayness
  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of happening every day, or frequently.
  2. (countable) The product or result of happening every day, or frequently.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “I have argued that the previous posts on everydayness outlined a social ontology or metaphysics of being.”
      “The outfit was worn so casually that it made a case for the everydayness of such a thing as ostrich.”
      “This illusion of nearness trivializes power by giving it an aura of everydayness and facilitates the manipulation of public opinion.”
daytime
daylength
  1. (biology) period of daylight; photoperiod
  2. Examples:
    1. “This plasticity allows an organism to adjust continually to changing daylength as the seasons of the year progress.”
      “I was fascinated when I learned about subjects as diverse as animal thermoregulation and how daylength controlled avian reproduction.”
everyday
  1. (rare) the ordinary or routine day or occasion
daylife
  1. Recreational activities that can be done during the day.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Located a short walk from the Hauptbahnhof, Pension Augsberg is central to all of Munich's daylife and nightlife.”
      “That was in 2004, and Las Vegas daylife has not been the same.”
      “An active internet investor in media-tech firms such as Daylife, Powerset, New Energy Finance and Dopplr, he now concentrates exclusively on PeerIndex.”
daily
  1. Something that is produced, consumed, or used every day.
    1. A newspaper that is published every day.
    2. (Britain) A cleaner who comes in daily.
    3. (Britain, slang) A daily disposable.
    4. (video game) A quest in a massively multiplayer online game that can be repeated every day for cumulative rewards.
    5. (US, automotive, colloquial) Shortened form of daily driver.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A daily was employed to take care of the household's everyday chores.”
dayer
  1. (in combination) Something lasting a specified number of days.
dailiness
  1. The state or quality of being daily.
  2. Examples:
    1. “She has an incongruous, almost Mediterranean easiness and dailiness.... Her capacity for enjoyment is movingly large.”
      “The movie, which was plainly and beautifully shot by Michael McDonough, is matter of fact, with a strong feeling for the dailiness of life.”
      “Some prefer instead to make dailiness the excuse for not listening to the demands it really makes, for choosing piety rather than sanctity.”
daye
  1. Archaic spelling of day.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Soe one daye, heryng the chylde synge euer, he wox angery, and did command hym to holde his pees.”
      “Vpon a daye the sayde Piso made a dyner, and sente a seruaunt to desire Clodius the Consull to come and dyne with him.”
      “Apon a daye apoynted, the kynge arayed hym in royall apparell, and set hym in his seate, and made an oracion unto them.”
dailies
  1. plural of daily
  2. Items that are produced daily. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  3. (cinematography) Lightly edited versions of the previous day's filming; rushes.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “There are more than 5,000 dailies, 16,000 weeklies and over 6,000 fortnightlies in all Indian languages.”
      “During the union election, all the New York dailies ran highly laudatory articles about him.”
      “My newspaper, amongst the largest selling dailies in India, deputed me to accompany the team.”
daylights
  1. plural of daylight
  2. (slang, chiefly boxing) Eyes.
  3. mental soundness, wits, consciousness.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “So one night she hides in the cemetery and figures to scare the living daylights out of him.”
      “She sat there, muttering to herself and overall amusing the daylights out of me.”
      “The cops aren't smart enough to hear news helicopters chopping over their heads as they kick the daylights out of suspected car thieves.”
everydaynesses
daylengths
  1. plural of daylength
daytimes
  1. plural of daytime
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The opening hours when people can use the service are limited to daytimes during the week.”
      “Our travel editor says the mistake most first-time cruisers make is not to have a really thick sweater and some kind of warm coat, since evenings can be cold, and even daytimes chilly.”
      “In daytimes, the visitors are mostly out-of-towners.”
dayers
  1. plural of dayer
dayes
  1. plural of daye
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