day school

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noun

a school open for instruction on weekdays only, usually from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

a school conducted in the daytime (distinguished from night school).

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

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Origin of day school

First recorded in 1775–85

Words nearby day school

day return, day room, days, daysail, day sailer, day school, dayshell, day shift, dayside, daysman, Days of Awe

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How to use day school in a sentence

He added: “People say he deserves his day in court… Do we have enough time?”
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For many years afterward it was a never-ending topic of conversation, and is more or less talked of even to this day.
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Gunshots rang out in Paris this morning on a second day of deadly violence that has stunned the French capital.
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In the middle of all of that past suffering and present-day conflict, this Cosby bomb was dropped.
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The afternoon was a lovely one—the day was a perfect example of the mellowest mood of autumn.
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Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.
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Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
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There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.
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The proceedings of the day commenced with divine service, performed by Unitarian and Baptist ministers.
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British Dictionary definitions for day school

day school

noun

a private school taking day students onlyCompare boarding school

a school giving instruction during the daytimeCompare night school

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