all-day

[awl-dey]

adjective

1. taking up, extending through, lasting for, or occurring continually during a day, especially the hours of daylight; daylong.

   an all-day tour of the city; an all-day lollipop.

Word History and Origins

Origin of all-day¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

At a nearby church, all-day training sessions are held to teach workers how to prepare for risks on these job sites.

From Los Angeles Times

Wallace said that since her suicide attempt, she spent 18 days in a mental health facility and has adopted a strict therapeutic regimen with medicine and “intense, all-day every-day” counseling, according to the letter.

From Los Angeles Times

During the all-day hearing, the court listened to hours of speeches from several of his attorneys, his children, a pastor and a criminal justice reform advocate who told the court that Combs was a changed and sober man since detention.

From BBC

With some members of the crowd fuelled by all-day drinking, things became reached boiling point in the afternoon fourballs.

From BBC

Pilsen is also home to Cantón Regio, a Monterrey-style antojería with particularly good refried beans and flour tortillas, and Pochos, an all-day restaurant that sits right next-door to the Carnitas Uruapan original storefront.

From Los Angeles Times