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good day
interjection
- a conventional expression used at meeting or parting during the daytime.
good day
sentence substitute
- a conventional expression of greeting or farewell used during the day
Word History and Origins
Origin of good day1
Idioms and Phrases
Also, good afternoon or evening or morning . Formal ways of saying “Hello” or “Goodbye.” For example, He began rather oddly by addressing the audience with “ Good day ,” or “ Good afternoon, ladies ,” said the sales clerk as we walked out . All these greetings represent an abbreviation of the now obsolete God give you a good day (afternoon, etc.) , which dates from about 1200. Also see good night .Example Sentences
If they believe change has bettered their lives, 2016 could be another good day for Republicans.
It was a good day for the anniversary walk; sunny but not blistering.
On a good day, state news is under-covered, especially compared to its importance.
There was plenty of talk about that, but then I heard it was put to bed and they came out with A Good Day to Die Hard.
That way, a bad day is not the end of the world, and a good day seems less unusual.
It was a good day for cyclists, for the main road to the town of Epping was crowded with thousands of them.
From Yeovil to Torquay, through Exeter, with a stop at the latter place, was an unusually good day's run.
They had gone but little further when the miller of the neighbouring mill passed them and bade them good-day.
You may imagine if Donald, who had sniffed a good day's work, meant to give up his bread and butter without a struggle.
And with that he bid me ‘Good day,’ and on the morrow he set sail in a full-rigged ship for the sunny land of Spain.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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