all day
/ɔːl deɪ/
all day adverb: for the period of an entire day, or at least during all the daytime of a day.
Adverb
all day (not comparable)
- For the period of an entire day, or at least during all the daytime of a day.
- There hasn't been a breath of wind all day.
- So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky,
They cannot see the sun on high:
The wind hath blown a gale all day;
At evening it hath died away.1802, Robert Southey, The Inchcape Rock
- Easily; handily; in spades; by far.
- Well, for twenty quid we're having it — it's worth that all day long.
- In total.
- Table 2 needs three tacos, and Table 4 needs six, so that's nine tacos, all day.
all day meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Arabic
all day in Hindi
- the entire day
- दिन भर din bhar, सारे दिन sāre din
all day in Tamil
- the entire day
- நாள் முழுக்க nāḷ muḻukka
all day in Urdu
- the entire day
- سارے دن sāre din
all day in Arabic
- the entire day
- طُول اَلْيَوْم ṭūl al-yawm, طُول اَلنَّهَار ṭūl an-nahār, كُلّ اَلْيَوْم kull al-yawm
More languagesFewer languages
- all day in Indonesian
- seharian
- all day in Vietnamese
- cả ngày, suốt ngày
Words formed from all day
Questions about all day
- What does all day mean?
- All day means for the period of an entire day, or at least during all the daytime of a day.
- What is all day in Hindi?
- All day in Hindi is दिन भर (din bhar), सारे दिन (sāre din). See All day meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is all day?
- All day is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce all day?
- All day is pronounced /ɔːl deɪ/.
Words near all day in the dictionary
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