all day
Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /ˌɔːl ˈdeɪ/
all day means: For a whole day, or throughout the hours when people are usually awake.
adverb
For a whole day, or throughout the hours when people are usually awake.
- It rained all day.
- We worked all day yesterday.
- Have you been waiting here all day?
Used to say that a claim, choice, or success is clear and easy to justify.
- Our team would win all day.
- That coat is worth fifty pounds all day long.
- Given those two choices, I would pick the cheaper one all day.
Used in restaurant kitchens to give the total number of a dish currently ordered.
- We need four soups all day.
- The chef called for seven steaks all day.
- How many burgers have we got all day?
Questions about all day
What does all day mean?
For a whole day, or throughout the hours when people are usually awake.
What is all day in other languages?
Türkçe: bütün gün · Español: todo el día · Français: toute la journée · Deutsch: den ganzen Tag · Italiano: tutto il giorno · 日本語: 一日中
How do you pronounce all day?
It is pronounced /ˌɔːl ˈdeɪ/.
How do you use all day in a sentence?
It rained all day. We worked all day yesterday.
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