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Day Time I Gün Make Noun Countable Period

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Kind noun
Front day 
IPA  /deɪ   / noun
Back gün
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day (noun)

 /deɪ   / noun
 
 1 [countable]
a period of 24 hours. Seven days make up a week.
gün
 ‘What day is it today?’ ‘Tuesday.’
 We went to Italy for ten days.
 I saw that film a few days ago.
 We're meeting again the day after tomorrow/in two days' time (öbür gün).
 The next/following day I saw Mark again.
 I'd already spoken to him the day before/the previous day.
 the day before yesterday
evvelsi gün
 Today's the day I get my exam results!
 I have to take these pills twice a day.
 I work six days a week. Sunday's my day off (izin günüm).
 I'm having a day off on Friday to go to a wedding.
 2 [countable, uncountable]
the time when the sky is light; not night
gündüz
 The days were warm but the nights were freezing.
 I spent the whole day studying and just relaxed in the evening.
 It's been raining all day (long).
 Owls sleep by day and hunt at night.
 look at DAILY1
 3 [countable]
the hours of the day when you work
mesai
 She's expected to work a seven-hour day.
 4 [countable] (often days)
a particular period of time in the past
zaman, devir
 in Shakespeare's day
 There weren't so many cars in those days
 In the old days, most houses had an outside toilet.
IDIOMS
at the end of the day
(British, informal)
used to say the most important fact in a situation
eninde sonunda
 At the end of the day, you have to make the decision yourself.
break of day
the time when light first appears in the morning
tan yeri, gün ağarması
SYNONYM DAWN1
call it a day
(informal)
to decide to stop doing sth
paydos etmek
 Let's call it a day. I'm exhausted.
day by day
every day; as time passes
günbegün, günden güne
 Day by day, she was getting a little bit stronger.
day in, day out
every day, without any change
her Allah’ın günü
 Frank sits at his desk working, day in, day out.
day-to-day
happening as a normal part of each day; usual
gündelik
from day to day; from one day to the next
within a short period of time
bir günden diğerine, bugünden yarına
 Things change so quickly that we never know what will happen from one day to the next.
have a field day
to get the opportunity to do sth you enjoy, especially sth other people do not approve of
bayram etmek
 The newspapers always have a field day when there's a political scandal.
it's early days (yet)
used to say that it is too soon to know how a situation will develop
henüz erken
make sb's day
(informal)
to make sb very happy
mutluluk vermek
one day; some day
at some time in the future
günün birinde
 One day we'll go back and see all our old friends.
the other day, morning, week, etc.
recently, not long ago
geçen
 An old friend rang me the other day.
the present day
modern times
günümüz, çağdaş
 In some countries traditional methods of farming have survived to the present day.
these days
in the present age
bugünlerde
 More and more couples are getting divorced these days.
SYNONYM NOWADAYS
 

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