start of the day
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1.4
- noun
:
inicio del día
- Many people find that jogging in the cool air at the start of the day helps them feel refreshed.
They don't, they have, they have an offer, but they let us know at the start of the day.
- They don't, they have, they have an offer, but they let us know at the start of the day.
- But breaking your work up into two start of the day, end of the day sets you up for success and allows you to get rid of all the stress at the end.
- So at the start of the day, I'll choose when I start to care about productivity, and I'll define when I'll stop caring about productivity.
- Because to your point, you know, at the end of the day or not at the start of the day too, your reps get paid when you work.
Examples
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At the start of the day, they all seem cocky and laid-back.
Academic text (2011) -
Give your inbox a focused 30 minutes at the start of the day and another 30 minutes at the end.
Blog text (6) -
Well, it was an interesting start of the day.
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And that was just the start of the day!
Blog text (18) -
Completing our spiritual practice at the start of the day, asking for our Lord to light the way.
Blog text (15) -
At the start of the day, Jon is slow with his bandaged knee.
Blog text (12) -
So at the start of the day, I'll choose when I start to care about productivity, and I'll define when I'll stop caring about productivity.
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It is midnight, and I should lie back and dream, but my mind is ready for the start of the day, churning with a catalogue of urgent tasks, from calling the credit card companies to checking up on Wild Bill.
Fiction book (1994) -
At the start of the day, the sun rises, bringing a new sense of hope and energy.
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She likes to enjoy a warm cup of coffee as part of her routine at the start of the day.
Synonyms
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1.0
The first part of the day from first light until noon
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1.0
The first light in the sky before the sun rises
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1.0
The time in the morning when the sun comes up and day begins
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1.7
The time in the morning when the sky starts to get bright
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1.0
The time in the early morning when light first appears in the sky
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3.2
Very early in the morning when the sun first appears
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3.7
The time when the first light appears in the morning
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2.6
A time early in the morning just after dawn
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1.0
The first light of morning when the sun rises
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1.9
The first light of morning when the sun begins to appear
Very early morning when the first light comes
Antonyms
How Early
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'start of the day' is directly and compositionally derived from 'start' (beginning) + 'day' (a period of daytime) with the preposition/article sequence 'of the' serving a grammatical linking function; its meaning 'the beginning of the day' is immediately recoverable by a learner who knows the constituents. This is a common, cross-linguistic NP construction describing temporal beginning and follows straightforward semantic combination, so a B1 learner would readily understand it.
Etymology
Start of the day creates the simple image of first light or sunrise when people wake up and begin work or daily tasks. That's why it means the 'beginning' or 'early morning' when activities usually start.