Definition of d-day in English English dictionary
- The date of any major event planned for the future
- June 6, 1944, the date during World War II when the Allies invaded western Europe
- {i} time of military action, date and time set for a military operation; June 6th 1944, date on which Allied troops invaded the beaches of Normandy in France and fought in heavy battles against Nazi troops
- You can use D-day to refer to the day that is chosen for the beginning of an important activity. D-day for my departure was set for 29th June. In U.S. military history, any designated day for the commencement of a major operation. The designation apparently originated in World War I; its meaning is uncertain, though it is probable that the "D" stands for nothing more than "Day." (The designated time for commencement of action on any D-Day was referred to as H-Hour.) The most celebrated D-Day occurred on June 6, 1944, the first day of the Anglo-American invasion of Europe in World War II. See Normandy Campaign
- The first day of the Allied invasion of Normandy - June 6th 1944 - D stands for "Day"
- day of the allied landing in France, World War II
- generic term for the day an operation or attack is to be initiated; after the Allied invasion of Europe, that date (June 6, 1944) became the D-Day
- June 6, 1944, the day on which Allied forces invaded Western Europe during World War II
- The day when the Allies launched the greatest amphibious operation in history (codenamed Overlord) and invaded German-occupied Europe By the end of D-Day 130,000 troops had landed on the coast of Normandy at a cost of 10,000 casualties
- 90-day wonder
- Newly-commissioned graduate of Officer Candidate School or Direct Commissioning program
- 90-day wonders
- plural form of 90-day wonder
- ANZAC Day
- 25th April, a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand to commemorate the sacrifices made by members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
- Absolution day
- : tuesday before Easter
- All Fools' Day
- April 1, a day when practical jokes are traditionally played
- All Hallows' Day
- A Christian feast day, 1st November, honouring the saints; the day after Halloween
- All Saints Day
- the Christian festival, held November 1, that commemorates all the saints (especially, in many churches, those who have died in the preceding year)
- All Saints' Day
- In Christian tradition, the annual feast day celebrating the life of all saints on the first day of November
- All Souls' Day
- In Christian tradition, the annual feast day celebrating the life of all the faithful departed on the second day of November
- Anzac Day
- April 25th, a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand honouring the war dead from those countries
- April Fool's Day
- Alternative spelling of April Fools' Day
- April Fools' Day
- The first day in April, when tricks and practical jokes are traditionally played
- Arbor Day
- The national holiday celebrated by planting a tree; the last Friday in April
- Ascension Day
- The fortieth day of Easter, that is the Thursday 39 days after Easter
- Australia Day
- 26th January, Australia's National Day in commemoration of the foundation of the first settlement in 1788
- Bastille Day
- The French national holiday celebrated on 14 July each year. It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the Fête de la Fédération was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French "nation"
- Boxing Day
- The day after Christmas, December 26th
- Buddha Day
- A Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha
- Canada Day
- A Canadian statutory holiday celebrating the country's creation in 1867, celebrated each year on July 1st
- Christmas Day
- the day on which Christmas is celebrated. Usually held on December 25 in the West, and January 7 in some Eastern Orthodox churches
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- The major denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement, founded in the United States by Joseph Smith; the Mormon Church
- Columbus Day
- A US national holiday celebrated on the second Monday in October, for Christopher Columbus' discovery
- Day
- A Mbum-Day language of Chad
- Day
- A patronymic surname derived from a medieval diminutive of David. at Ancestor Search
- Day
- An Irish surname anglicised from Ó Deághaidh (“descendant of a person named Good Luck”)
- Day
- An English surname from day as a word for a "day-servant", an archaic term for a day-laborer.Ernest Weekley, The Romance of Words (1927), p. 165. ,or from given names such as Dagr, Daug, Dege, and Dey, cognate with Scandinavian Dag.Susa Young Gates, Surname Book and Racial History (1918) p. 289
- Day of Atonement
- Yom Kippur
- Day-Glo
- A luminous paint that glows in a variety of brilliant colours though most commonly red or orange; used especially for outdoor advertising
- Dyngus Day
- a name for Easter Monday observed by Polish descendants in English-speaking countries
- E-day
- The day on which the euro became the official currency in much of Europe — 1st January 2002
- Earth Day
- April 22; Created in 1970, global day of observance of the need to protect the earth
- Earth Day
- March 21st
- Easter Day
- Easter Sunday, Easter
- Election Day
- The day on which general elections are held in the United States; the Tuesday following the first Monday in November
- Father's Day
- A holiday in celebration of fatherhood, or to honor fathers, celebrated on the third Sunday of June in most of the world's countries. See Wikipedia: Father's Day: Dates
- Flag Day
- A day commemorating the adoption of a national flag
US June 14, for the adoption of the US flag in 1777.
- Groundhog Day
- An annual festival held in Canada and the USA on February 2 in which the arrival time of the spring season is predicted by whether or not a certain groundhog can see its shadow or not
- Groundhog Day
- A situation in which undesirable events appear to be repeating themselves in a cyclical fashion
- Inauguration Day
- The day on which a President and a Vice-President of the United States takes office, now on January 20 after a Presidential election, before 1936 on March 4
- Independence Day
- An annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood
- Independence Day
- A holiday celebrated in the United States commemorating the country's independence from England, celebrated each year on the 4th of July
- Labor Day
- Annual holiday held May 1 to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers
- Labor Day
- The holiday marking the unofficial end of summer, held on the first Monday in September
- Lady Day
- 25th March, Christian holy day, the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
- Lady Day
- 25th March, an English quarter day
- Latter Day Saint
- A member of any of the several Latter Day Saint denominations which descend from the church founded by Joseph Smith, Jr
- Latter Day Saints
- plural form of Latter Day Saint
- Latter-day Saint
- A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Latter-day Saint
- Of, or pertaining to, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Latter-day Saints
- plural form of Latter-day Saint
- M-day
- mobilization day. The day on which mobilization commences
- May Day
- The first day of May, a world-wide workers' holiday
- May Day
- The first day of May, the traditional day for pagan fertility rites
- May Day
- The first day of May, a spring festival, a celebration of the beginning of the spring
- Memorial Day
- A United States federal holiday that is observed on the final Monday of May
- Midsummer Day
- 24th June, an English quarter day
- Mother's Day
- A day in honor of mothers, which falls on the second Sunday in May in the United States, and on the fourth Sunday of Lent, exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday, in the United Kingdom and Ireland
- Mumping Day
- December 21st, St. Thomas's Day, a day for begging before Christmas
- National Day
- A day marking a country's establishment as a sovereign entity, typically a celebration of its independence, revolution or former ruler
- New Year's Day
- A legal holiday in many countries to welcome the New Year of the Gregorian calendar on January 1
- Opposite Day
- A contrived but popular holiday on which everything is done backwards
- POETS day
- Friday, the last day of the working week
- Paddy's Day
- Saint Patrick's Day
- Pancake Day
- Shrove Tuesday
- Picrous Day
- A festival formerly celebrated by the tin miners of Cornwall on the second Thursday before Christmas
- Pioneer Day
- A Utah state holiday celebrating the arrival of Mormon pioneers in what would become Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1847
- Poppy Day
- Remembrance Day
- Presidents' Day
- Washington's Birthday, a federal holiday in the USA celebrated on the third Monday of February
- Red Nose Day
- A day, usually every other year, on which the Comic Relief organisation encourages the public to engage in fundraising for charity
- Remembrance Day
- The Sunday closest to November 11, observed in commemoration of the fallen in the two World Wars
- Remembrance Day
- November 11, a federal holiday observed in commemoration of the fallen in the two World Wars and the Korean War
- Rizal Day
- A holiday celebrated on December 30 in the Philippines in honor of the death of a hero named José Rizal who was killed on December 30, 1896
- Rome wasn't built in a day
- It takes a long time to create something complicated or impressive
- Sabba-day
- the Sabbath
- Sabba-day
- Saturday
- Sabbath-day
- The day of the Sabbath; Saturday
- Saint Andrew's Day
- The feast day of Saint Andrew|Saint Andrew]], patron saint of Scotland, celbrated in Scotland on November 30
- Saint David's Day
- The feast day of Saint David|Saint David]], patron saint of Wales, celebrated in Wales on March 1
- Saint Patrick's Day
- Alternative form of St. Patrick's Day
- Saint Valentine's Day
- A holiday in remembrance of Saint Valentine, February 14th, celebrated by sending cards or similar tokens of love
- Scarlet Day
- A religiously or academically significant day; one on which festal academic dress should be worn
- Seven Sleepers Day
- In Germany, June 27 is Siebenschläfertag (Seven Sleepers Day). The weather on that day is supposed to determine the average weather of the next seven weeks
- Seventh-day Adventism
- A Christian denomination founded by Ellen White, emphasizing Sabbath observance, healthy diet, and the soon return of Jesus Christ
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- A Protestant Christian denomination that observes Saturday as the Sabbath
- St. George's Day
- The saint’s day of Saint George, the patron saint of England, on April 23rd
- St. Patrick's Day
- A Roman Catholic holiday commemorating Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland on 17th March
- St. Stephen's Day
- A Christian holiday falling immediately after Christmas (on December 26 in the Western Church and on December 27 in the Eastern Orthodox Church)
- St. Valentine's Day
- alternative spelling of Saint Valentine's Day
- T-Day
- Training Expansion Day; the effective day coincident with Presidential declaration of national emergency and authorization of partial mobilization (not more than 1,000,000 personnel exclusive of the 200,000 callup)
- T-Day
- Thanksgiving Day (or, humorously, Turkey Day)
- Thanksgiving Day
- A holiday, originally to give thanks to God for the harvest, celebrated annually on the second Monday of October
- Thanksgiving Day
- A holiday, originally to give thanks to God and to commemorate the feast held by the Pilgrim colonists, celebrated annually on the fourth Thursday of November
- Turkey Day
- Thanksgiving; an American holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November
- VE Day
- Victory in Europe day; the day marking the end of the Second World War in Europe, the 8th of May, 1945
- VJ Day
- Victory over Japan day, being 15 August 1945, or in the US 14 August 1945, the day after Japanese forces surrendered in World War II
- VP Day
- Victory in the Pacific day, being 15 August 1945, the day after Japanese forces surrendered in World War II
- Valentine's Day
- Saint Valentine's Day
- Veterans Day
- The United States national holiday in honor of veterans past and present
- Victoria Day
- A holiday commemorating the birthdays of Queen Victoria and the reigning monarch of Canada, falling on the last Monday before May 25
- Victory Day
- A common name of many different public holidays in various countries to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history
- Waitangi Day
- The national day of New Zealand and public holiday held each year on February 6 to celebrate the 1840 signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document. The Treaty made New Zealand a part of the British Empire, guaranteed Māori rights to their land and gave Māori the rights of British citizens
- Wren Day
- A celebration on December 26 where people, especially boys, hunt a fake wren
- Zumbi Day
- November 20, the day of Zumbi's celebration. Usually only celebrated in Rio de Janeiro
- a cold day in Hell
- An event that will never happen
Yea, that will happen if it is a cold day in hell.
- a day late and a dollar short
- Action that was taken too late and too feeble to be of any use
- a stopped clock is right twice a day
- A normally unreliable person or instrument can occasionally provide correct information, even if only by accident
- ahemeral day
- A light-dark cycle that has more or less than 24 hours created artificially for testing the rhythms of organisms
- all in a day's work
- A nonchalant dismissal of a significant accomplishment
- all-day
- Lasting throughout the whole day
an all-day event.
- all-day sucker
- An extra-large lollipop
- an apple a day
- Healthy eating and living using traditional temperate-zone fresh foods
- an apple a day keeps the doctor away
- Eat healthy and you won't get sick
- an apple a day keeps the doctor away
- Apples are healthy and stave off illness
- as the day is long
- Unceasingly; very; thoroughly; to a very high degree
He is direct, honest as the day is long, hard-working and a good lad to have around..
- at the end of the day
- In summary; ultimately
At the end of the day, it is commodities that will have the biggest impact on the Canadian dollar over the next year.
- back in the day
- In the past; at one time, especially a time which is fondly remembered
- bad hair day
- A day when one's hair seems unmanageable
- bad hair day
- A day when several things seems to be unmanageable or go wrong
What's the matter with Fred, he's criticising? Oh, he's just having a bad hair day.
- banyan day
- In modern usage it refers to a picnic or cookout for the ship's crew
- banyan day
- In British naval tradition, this originally referred to a day of the week when galley kitchens served no meat on board ship
- beginning of day
- The time that a project is scheduled to start
- boxing day
- the day or days following Christmas (December 25th) where stores have large reductions
- business day
- An official working day
- call it a day
- To retire
- call it a day
- To cease the activity for the day
- dawn of a new day
- A new beginning; a fresh start; an important, promising turning point
It’s the dawn of a new day—a new era, even—for the Queens Chamber of Commerce.
- day
- Rotational period of a planet (especially earth)
- day
- The period from midnight to the following midnight. There are 7 days in a week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- day
- Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight, daytime
- day
- A period of 24 hours
- day
- The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc
- day after tomorrow
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- day and age
- A time period of years or more
- day and night
- Opposite; completely different
- day and night
- all the time; round the clock; unceasingly
- day bed
- Alternative spelling of daybed. A bed or sofa used specially for daytime
- day beds
- plural form of day bed
- day before yesterday
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- day blindness
- The inability to see clearly in bright light; hemeralopia
- day boy
- A male day pupil
- day boys
- plural form of day boy
- day care center
- A nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work. Generally more entertaining and less educational than a preschool, but with longer hours of operation
- day count convention
- A convention on how interest accrues over time for a variety of investments, including bonds, notes, loans, medium-term notes, swaps, and FRAs
- day for night
- In the daytime, with a blue filter, causing the scene to look as if it were shot in moonlight
The Sandcrawler scene in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was shot day for night.
- day for night
- A cinematographic technique in which a crew films in a high-contrast situation, typically in the early morning or late afternoon, with a blue filter, causing the scene to look as if it were shot in moonlight
- day in the sun
- A time of glory or ascendancy
- day in, day out
- Every day; daily; constantly or continuously; especially, of something that has become routine or monotonous
Even if you like peanut butter sandwiches, eating the same sandwiches day in, day out will get old.
- day job
- One's main mean of income, during the daytime
- day labor
- Work done where the worker is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future
- day laborer
- A laborer who is is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future
- day laborers
- plural form of day laborer
- day late, dollar short
- Shortened form of a day late and a dollar short
- day of reckoning
- is the final and eternal judgment by God of all nations
- day of reckoning
- Any time or event at which responsibility will be assigned
- day off
- a day of vacation; a day when one does not attend work, school etc
Tuesday is my day off.
- day one
- The very beginning
I've been with this project since day one.
- day out
- An excursion, returning home on the same day
A visit to the Science Museum in London will be a day out to remember.
- day packs
- plural form of day pack
- day pupil
- a student who attends a boarding school but does not board there, continuing to live at home
- day pupils
- plural form of day pupil
- day rooms
- plural form of day room
- day shift
- Regularly scheduled work during daylight hours, especially 8AM to 4PM
- day sign
- Any of 20 glyphs used, along with a number from 1 to 13, in traditional Mesoamerican calendars to identify their 260 days
- day signs
- plural form of day sign
- day trips
- plural form of day trip
- day-after recall test
- A method of advertising research measuring the percentage of people who remember seeing an advertisement the day after it was shown on television
The day-after recall test is one of the original forms of advertising research but few people still use it because the data and analysis is limited.
- day-blind
- Unable to see clearly in bright light; hemeralopic
- day-nighter
- a limited overs cricket match that starts in the afternoon and continues into the evening under floodlights
- day-to-day
- Ordinary, monotonous routine; that which is usual or mundane
People come here to escape the day-to-day.
- day-to-day
- On a daily basis
The cost of gasoline is determined day-to-day.
- day-to-day
- Ordinary or mundane
One has to deal with the day-to-day chores.
- day-to-day
- Subject to daily redetermination
He has an ankle sprain and his status is day-to-day.
- day-to-day
- Happening every day
I would like to know about the day-to-day workings of the business.
- day-tripper
- Someone who takes a day trip
- degree day
- A unit used in estimating the fuel consumption for a building; equal to the number of degrees that the mean temperature, for a 24-hour day, is below the base temperature, often 65F
- degree day
- A measure of heating or cooling, computed as the integral of a function of time that generally varies with temperature
- degree-day
- Alternative form of degree day
- ditch day
- A day on which a group of students, generally the senior class, leaves the campus and its responsibilities for a day
- ditch day
- A tradition in which Caltech seniors leave the campus for the day and underclassmen (all considered frosh regardless of actual year) attempt to break into their stacks
Ditch Day is tomorrow, frosh.
- dog day
- A day in late summer
August 24, 1993 was the first day of the new school year at Cedar City High School. The day dawned sunny and steamy, promising another dog day in southern Ohio.
- don't give up your day job
- Used to criticise a person's talent (especially musical, singing or acting,) implying that they could not earn a living from it without other regular employment
- don't quit your day job
- Alternative form of don't give up your day job
- duvet day
- A day spent at home, ostensibly in bed, and sanctioned by one's employer/school, when one is feeling stressed or fragile
The news server at Demon has decided to have a duvet day today.
- early day motion
- A formal motion submitted for debate in the House of Commons
- end of day
- The period when banking transactions are cleared
- end of day
- The time when a project should be completed; e.g. 5 pm
- every day is a school day
- You learn something new every day
- every dog has its day
- Everyone has a time of success and satisfaction
- feast day
- a day allocated to a particular saint
- feast-day
- Attributive form of feast day
feast-day celebration.
- field day
- A great time or a great deal to do
They went to the park and had a field day playing on the swings.
- field day
- A school day for athletic events; a sports day
- field day
- A parade day
- field day
- Top-to-bottom all-hands cleaning
- field day
- A great time or a great deal to do, at somebody else's expense
The scandal was a field day for the press.
- field day
- A day of class taken away from school for a field trip
- first day cover
- a letter or card with new stamp, posted on the day that the stamp was first issued
- flag day
- A day on which a registered charity raises money, usually by selling small lapel flags
- flag day
- A day designated for changing to an incompatible system
- flag day
- A change which is neither forward nor backward compatible
- forever and a day
- For a very long or seemingly endless time
I'll love you forever and a day.
- g'day
- hi, hello
- g'day
- Denotes the end of a radio transmission
Golf Golf Whiskey Golf, cleared the ILS runway one two, contact Sault Tower on one one eight decimal eight, g'day.
- gag-a-day
- Providing humor in each day's strip, without a plot connecting the various days' respective strips
- give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed h
- It is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something, than to do something for them
- give the time of day
- To acknowledge somebody; to give somebody any respect or attention
If he doesn't think you are rich enough, he won't even give you the time of day.
- good day
- A somewhat formal greeting generally used between sunrise and sunset
- good day
- A dismissal
- have a nice day
- Goodbye
- have had one's day
- Alternative form of have seen one's day
- have seen one's day
- To be at the point in a life cycle or career of no longer being useful or effective; to be worn-out
Written off by most observers as a champion who had seen his day, the Sampras who stalked the courts as world number one for six straight years in the 1990s rose from the ashes to add to his lustre with a record-setting 14th Grand Slam title.