day school

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day school

1. A private school for pupils living at home.

2. A school that holds classes during the day.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

day school

1. (Education) a private school taking day students only. Compare boarding school

2. (Education) a school giving instruction during the daytime. Compare night school

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

day′ school`

1. a school open for instruction on weekdays only.

2. a private school for pupils living outside the school (disting. from boarding school).

[1775–85]

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Noun	1.	day school - a private school taking day students only private school - a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition boarding school - a private school where students are lodged and fed as well as taught
	2.	day school - a school giving instruction during the daytime school - an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900" night school - a school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the day
	3.	day school - a school building without boarding facilities schoolhouse, school - a building where young people receive education; "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning"

Translations

مَدْرَسَه خارِجِيَّه

škola

dagskole

Ganztagsschule

externat

dagskóli

dagskole

denná škola

yatısız okul

无宿舍学校日校走读学校

day school

n → scuola privata (che non prevede pernottamento)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

day

(dei) noun

1. the period from sunrise to sunset. She worked all day; The days are warm but the nights are cold.

2. a part of this period eg that part spent at work. How long is your working day?; The school day ends at 3 o'clock; I see him every day.

3. the period of twenty-four hours from one midnight to the next. How many days are in the month of September?

4. (often in plural) the period of, or of the greatest activity, influence, strength etc of (something or someone). in my grandfather's day; in the days of steam-power.

ˈdaybreak noun

dawn; the first appearance of light. We left at daybreak.

ˈday-dream noun

a dreaming or imagining of pleasant events; the making of unreal plans etc while awake.

verb

She often day-dreams.

ˈdaylight noun

1. (also adjective) (of) the light given by the sun. daylight hours.

2. dawn. To get there on time we must leave before daylight.

day school

a school whose pupils attend only during the day and live at home.

ˈdaytime noun

the time when it is day.

call it a day

to bring (something) to an end; to stop (eg working). I'm so tired that I'll have to call it a day.

day by day

every day. He's getting better day by day.

day in, day outinmake someone's day

to make someone very happy. That baby's smile made my day.

one day

1. at some time in the future. He hopes to go to America one day.

2. on a day in the past. I saw him one day last week.

some day

at some time in the future. She hopes to get married some day.

the other day

not long ago. I saw Mr Smith the other day.

References in classic literature ?

In our own day schools or systems of philosophy which have once been famous have died before the founders of them.

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