Phrase guide

to the day

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Of temporal measurements or comparisons: exactly; measured on the level of days, rather than more loosely by weeks, months etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It was a year ago to the day that I first met him.

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Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: dag op dag — measured on the level of days
  • Dutch: op de dag af — measured on the level of days
  • Finnish: päivälleen — measured on the level of days
  • French: jour pour jour — measured on the level of days
  • German: auf den Tag genau — measured on the level of days
  • German: auf den Tag — measured on the level of days
  • Hungarian: napra pontosan — measured on the level of days
  • Polish: dokładnie — measured on the level of days
  • Portuguese: exatamente — measured on the level of days
  • Swedish: på dagen — measured on the level of days