8.4.1.2 Day

Use this domain for words referring to a day.

  • What words refer to a day?
    day, whole day, day and night, a day and a night, 24 hour day, 'morning, noon and night'
  • What words are used to indicate that something happens every day?
    daily, every day, each day
  • What words refer to an indefinite day?
    someday, one day, a certain day, the other day, some day in the future, one day long ago
  • What words indicate that something happens during the whole day?
    all day long, the whole day long, the whole day through,
  • What words are used for the period of time when the sun is shining?
    day (as opposed to night), during the day, daytime, daylight, daylight hours

    • 8.4.1.2.1 Night

    Use this domain for words referring to night.

  • What words refer to night?
    night, nighttime,
  • What words refer to this night?
    tonight, this night,
  • What words refer to the night before this one?
    last night,
  • What words refer to two nights ago?
    two nights ago, the night before last,
  • What words refer to the night after this one?
    tomorrow night,
  • What words indicate that something happens during the night?
    at night, during the night, in the night, by night,
  • What words are used to indicate that something happens every night?
    nightly, every night, each night,
  • What words indicate that something happens during the whole night?
    all night long, the whole night long,

    • 8.4.1.2.2 Yesterday, today, tomorrow

    Use this domain for words referring to days relative to each other.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    67J Units of Time with Reference to Other Units or Points of Time: Yesterday, Today, Next Day
  • What words refer to one day in relation to the days before and after it?
    today, yesterday, the day before yesterday, three days ago, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, three days from now, the day before, the day after

    • 8.4.1.2.3 Time of the day

    Use this domain for words referring to a time of the day.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    67 Points of Time
    67D A Point of Time with Reference to Units of Time: Daybreak, Midday, Midnight, Late
  • What words refer to a time of the day?
    time, hour, watch,
  • What words refer to dawn?
    dawn, sunrise, daybreak, aurora, cockcrow, dawning, sunup,
  • What words refer to the time between dawn and noon?
    morning, midmorning, am, antemeridian, ante meridiem, forenoon, matins, morn, early morning
  • What words refer to noon?
    noon, midday, meridian, midpoint, noonday, noontide, noontime,
  • What words refer to the time between noon and sunset?
    afternoon, mid afternoon, pm, postmeridian, post meridiem,
  • What words refer to sunset?
    sunset, sundown, twilight, dusk, nightfall, it gets dark, gloaming,
  • What words refer to the time between sunset and when you go to sleep?
    evening, early evening, late in the evening, tonight, eventide, vesper, late night,
  • What words refer to the time when you go to sleep?
    bedtime, time to go to sleep,
  • What words refer to midnight?
    midnight, the middle of the night, pumpkin hour
  • What words refer to the time between midnight and dawn?
    late at night, the early hours of the morning (2-4), the small hours, the wee hours of the morning, the first watch, the second watch
  • What words refer to the time just before dawn?
    just before dawn, hours before dawn, predawn hours, it gets light, foredawn,
  • What words refer to the time when you wake up?
    time to get up,