n.
1) a chilly, cool; clear, nice; cloudy; cold; foggy; gloomy; hot, stifling; rainy; sunny; warm ~
2) an eventful, field, memorable, red-letter ~ (we had a field ~ criticizing their report)
3) a holy; opening; visiting; wedding; working ~ (opening ~ of the baseball season)
4) ~ breaks, dawns (poetic)
5) by ~ (London by ~)
6) by the ~ (to be paid by the ~)
7) for a ~ (we are going to town for the ~)
8) in a ~ (we cannot do the whole job in a ~; back in the old ~s)
9) on a certain ~ (on the following ~; on New Year's Day)
10) within several ~s (within ten ~s)
11) ( misc. ) ~ after ~; ~ and night ('all the time'); D -~ ('a ~ on which a significant event is scheduled to begin'); to take a ~ off; I rue the ~ ('I wish that that ~ had never been'); from ~ to ~; ~ in, ~ out; to carry the ~ ('to be victorious'); the other ~ ('recently'); his ~s are numbered ('he will die soon'); the dog ~s ('the hot ~s of July and August'); halcyon ~s; the good old ~s; it was a big ('successful') ~ for our team; to take one ~ at a time; judgment ~; on the ~ ( BE ; colloq. ) ('when the time comes')
USAGE NOTE: The collocation by ~ contrasts with by night (London by ~ is very different from London by night) , ( see the Usage Note for night )