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to the day

to the day prepositional phrase: of temporal measurements or comparisons: exactly; measured on the level of days, rather than more loosely by weeks, months etc.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Of temporal measurements or comparisons: exactly; measured on the level of days, rather than more loosely by weeks, months etc.
    • It was a year ago to the day that I first met him.

Questions about to the day

What does to the day mean?
To the day means of temporal measurements or comparisons: exactly; measured on the level of days, rather than more loosely by weeks, months etc.
What part of speech is to the day?
To the day is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to the day in the dictionary

  1. to the bone
  2. to the bones
  3. to the brim
  4. to the contrary
  5. to the core
  6. to the day
  7. to the death
  8. to the dot
  9. to the effect
  10. to the end of the chapter
  11. to the end of time

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