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all day en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ɔːl deɪ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) For the period of an entire day, or at least during all the daytime of a day.
    • So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky, They cannot see the sun on high: The wind hath blown a gale all day; At evening it hath died away. 1802, Robert Southey, The Inchcape Rock:
    • There hasn't been a breath of wind all day.
  2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Easily; handily; in spades; by far.
    • Well, for twenty quid we're having it — it's worth that all day long.
  3. (not-comparable, slang) In total.
    • Table 2 needs three tacos, and Table 4 needs six, so that's nine tacos, all day.

Coordinates

all night

Deriveds

can do this all day

Relateds

as the day is long · daylong · for days · livelong · dayslong

Translations (41)

km វាស់ថ្ងៃ (the entire day) · pam patingapun (the entire day) · ar طُول اَلْيَوْم (the entire day) · el ολημερίς (the entire day) · cmn 終日 /终日 (the entire day) · ang ealne dæġ (the entire day) · el όλη μέρα (the entire day) · ar طُول اَلنَّهَار (the entire day) · de den ganzen Tag (the entire day) · hi सारे दिन (the entire day) · ta நாள் முழுக்க (the entire day) · yue 成日 (the entire day) · nl de hele dag (the entire day) · ja 終日 (the entire day) · uk весь день (the entire day) · ro toată ziua (the entire day) · pl cały dzień (the entire day) · el όλη την ημέρα (the entire day) · ru весь день (the entire day) · vi suốt ngày (the entire day) · pt o dia todo (the entire day) · ar كُلّ اَلْيَوْم (the entire day) · fi koko päivän (the entire day) · fr toute la journée (the entire day) · cmn 整天 (the entire day) · yi אַ גאַנצן טאָג (the entire day) · ko 하루 종일 (the entire day) · ur سارے دن (the entire day) · id seharian (the entire day) · sah бүтүн күн (the entire day) · es todo el día (the entire day) · got 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌳𐌰𐌲 (the entire day) · gd fad an latha (the entire day) · eo tuttage (the entire day) · la diū (the entire day) · cmn 全天 (the entire day) · hi दिन भर (the entire day) · ja 一日中 (the entire day) · ru це́лый день (the entire day) · tr gün boyu (the entire day) · vi cả ngày (the entire day)