Meaning & use

school day

noun·Everyday

A day on which school classes are held; also, in the plural, the years of one's life spent at school.

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On a typical school day, she wakes up at six to catch the early bus.

He still remembers his school days as some of the happiest years of his life.

A note on using this word

Used in the plural as 'school days,' the phrase often carries a nostalgic tone about childhood or adolescence.

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