days
- noun
- /deɪz/
- He often reflects on the days of his youth, remembering how carefree they were.
Desdemona's past, the last days were hard on her.
- Desdemona's past, the last days were hard on her.
Examples
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Desdemona's past, the last days were hard on her.
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Do you want your days to last forever?
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It's a process that can take days, weeks, months or years.
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And the last guy spent two days on that, OK.
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And folks, after five days of me warning, get out.
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But of course there are days where I struggle with it.
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And that's just in the first few days, first few hours.
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There have been days where I've had all four.
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So we'll bring them in for a few days, stabilize them.
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I've been here for three days in Vegas in August.
Synonyms
The whole time that a person, animal or thing exists
The time a thing exists or works before it stops
Length of time people, animals, or things last
Idioms
- Informal
A person or thing not likely to last much longer because of a serious problem
- Archaic
You say this when you are surprised to have never seen something in your life
Compounds
The hottest period of the year is usually in July and August when people stay indoors
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Morphology
Etymology
Days comes from an old word for the 'time when it is light' and is the same root you see in daylight and daily. Because each day is a small part of life, people use days to mean a time or period in someone's life, so 'his younger days' means the time when he was young.