Colloquial Variant guide

all day

adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adv

Meaning 1

For the period of an entire day, or at least during all the daytime of a day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • There hasn't been a breath of wind all day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Easily; handily; in spades; by far.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, not-comparable

Examples

  • Well, for twenty quid we're having it — it's worth that all day long.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

In total.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, slang

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

Examples

  • Table 2 needs three tacos, and Table 4 needs six, so that's nine tacos, all day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: طُول اَلْيَوْم (ṭūl al-yawm) — the entire day
  • Arabic: طُول اَلنَّهَار (ṭūl an-nahār) — the entire day
  • Arabic: كُلّ اَلْيَوْم (kull al-yawm) — the entire day
  • Chinese Cantonese: 成日 (seng4 jat6) — the entire day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 終日 /终日 (zhōngrì) — the entire day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全天 (quántiān) — the entire day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 整天 (zhěngtiān) — the entire day
  • Dutch: de hele dag — the entire day
  • Esperanto: tuttage — the entire day
  • Finnish: koko päivän — the entire day
  • French: toute la journée — the entire day
  • German: den ganzen Tag — the entire day
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌳𐌰𐌲 (allana dag) — the entire day
  • Greek: όλη μέρα — the entire day
  • Greek: όλη την ημέρα (óli tin iméra) — the entire day
  • Greek: ολημερίς (olimerís) — the entire day
  • Hindi: दिन भर (din bhar) — the entire day
  • Hindi: सारे दिन (sāre din) — the entire day
  • Indonesian: seharian — the entire day
  • Japanese: 終日 (jūjitsu) — the entire day
  • Japanese: 一日中 (ichinichijū) — the entire day
  • Kapampangan: patingapun — the entire day
  • Khmer: វាស់ថ្ងៃ (voah tŋay) — the entire day
  • Korean: 하루 종일 (haru jong'il) — the entire day
  • Latin: diū — the entire day
  • Old English: ealne dæġ — the entire day
  • Polish: cały dzień — the entire day
  • Portuguese: o dia todo — the entire day
  • Romanian: toată ziua — the entire day
  • Russian: це́лый день (célyj denʹ) — the entire day
  • Russian: весь день (vesʹ denʹ) — the entire day
  • Scottish Gaelic: fad an latha — the entire day
  • Spanish: todo el día — the entire day
  • Tamil: நாள் முழுக்க (nāḷ muḻukka) — the entire day
  • Turkish: gün boyu — the entire day
  • Ukrainian: весь день (vesʹ denʹ) — the entire day
  • Urdu: سارے دن (sāre din) — the entire day
  • Vietnamese: cả ngày — the entire day
  • Vietnamese: suốt ngày — the entire day
  • Yakut: бүтүн күн (bütün kün) — the entire day
  • Yiddish: אַ גאַנצן טאָג (a gantsn tog) — the entire day