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family day out

family day out

2.3
A day when a family goes out together for fun
  • noun
translation icon : día familiar
  • We spent our Sunday at the amusement park for a fun-filled family day out.

Examples

  • It wasn't really a place for a family day out.

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  • The zoo is a great place for a family day out where everyone can enjoy the animals.

  • Last weekend, we organized a picnic in the park for a relaxing family day out.

Synonyms

outing
vsfamily day out
83 1.1

A short trip with other people for pleasure

is focused on relatives spending an entire day together doing leisure activities
day out
vsfamily day out
  • UK
21 1.8

A trip for fun that lasts one day

is shared specifically by close relatives spending leisure time together that day

How Long

to vacation
  • US
36 3.0
family day out
2.3
picnic
244 1.0

Surface Forms

family day out singular
family days out plural

Morphology

family + day + out

The meaning 'a day spent together by a family outdoors' is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents: 'day out' = an outing/outing day and 'family' specifies the participants. This is a common, literal construction found across languages and should be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the component words.

Etymology

The phrase family day out comes from the simple image of a family spending a day out of the house for a trip to the park, beach, or zoo. So it means 'a day spent together by a family enjoying fun activities away from home'.