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time of day

time of day noun: the time according to the clock.

Noun

time of day (plural times of day)

  1. The time according to the clock.
    Synonyms:
    time, clock time, o'clock
  2. A loosely specified period of time, minutes or hours in duration, especially daytime, or point in time.
    • "At what time of day and year are the winds strongest?" / "Winter mornings, I think, or maybe at day’s end."
    • She would fold laundry at this time of day.
    Synonyms:
    time, hour
  3. The greeting appropriate to the time of day.
    • to give/bid someone the time of day
  4. (dated, dialectal, informal) era: time; day.
    • that's how it was in that time of day [ = at that time, back in that day]
    Synonyms:
    loosely specified period of time
  5. (archaic) The right thing; the ticket; that which is needed.
    • ‘Never mind me, Sir,’ replied Sam. ‘Lend him a hand, Mr. Winkle, sir. Steady, sir, steady! That’s the time o’ day!’1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC

time of day meaning in Sanskrit

time of day in Sanskrit

time of day, occasion, interval
वेला vélā

Synonyms of time of day

All synonyms of time of day

Forms of time of day

pluraltimes of day

Words formed from time of day

Questions about time of day

What does time of day mean?
Time of day means the time according to the clock.
What is time of day in Sanskrit?
Time of day in Sanskrit is वेला (vélā). See Time of day meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is time of day?
Time of day is a noun.
What is the plural of time of day?
The plural of time of day is times of day.

Words near time of day in the dictionary

  1. time note
  2. time notes
  3. time of arrival
  4. time of asking
  5. time of concentration
  6. time of day
  7. time of death
  8. time of delivery
  9. time of departure
  10. time of flight
  11. time of grace

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Adapted from Wiktionary: time of day (page history and authors); वेला (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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