time of day
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]time of day (plural times of day)
- The time according to the clock.
- 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.
- I love that time of day. The light is magical.
- The greeting appropriate to the time of day. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- to give/bid someone the time of day ― to acknowledge, greet
- (dialectal, informal, dated) era: time; day.
- that's how it was in that time of day [ = at that time, back in that day]
- (archaic) The right thing; the ticket; that which is needed.
- 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:
- ‘Never mind me, Sir,’ replied Sam. ‘Lend him a hand, Mr. Winkle, sir. Steady, sir, steady! That’s the time o’ day!’
Synonyms
[edit]- (time according to the clock): time, clock time, o'clock (mostly dialect)
- (loosely specified period of time): time
- (loosely specified point in time): time, hour
- (greetings appropriate to the time of day):
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[edit]time according to the clock — see time
loosely specified period of or point in time
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greetings appropriate to the time of day
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