# days

Pronunciation: say "DAYZ" /ˈdeɪz/

## Noun

1. Plural of day. — plural of day
   - Simple: Plural of day. Use this form when you mean more than one day.
   - _The conference lasted four days and drew thousands of visitors._
   - _Only a few days remain before the application deadline._
2. A particular time or period whose limits are loosely defined.
   - Simple: A time or period that has no exact limits.
   - _In the days of sailing ships, a voyage might take many months._
   - _Her student days shaped the direction of her whole career._
3. The course or span of a person's life.
   - Simple: A person's life, especially how long they live.
   - _The exiled king lived out his days far from the throne he had lost._
   - _A long illness gradually shortened his days._

## Adverb

4. During the daytime rather than at night.
   - Simple: During the daytime, not at night.
   - _The clinic operates days and sends emergencies elsewhere once it closes._
   - _He studies nights and waits tables days to pay for school._

## Verb

5. Third-person singular simple present of day. *(rare)* — third-person singular simple present indicative of day
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of day. Use it with he, she, or it to mean spends the day in a place.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–3, 5** — This is the plural of "day," formed by adding the plural ending "-s." It comes from Middle English "dayes," from Old English "dagas," going back to Proto-Germanic "*dagaz."
**Meaning 4** — This adverbial form, meaning "by day," is "day" plus an adverbial "-s" ending. It comes from Middle English "daies," from Old English "dæġes," going back to Proto-Germanic "*dagaz."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/days (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).