day after day

Thân thiện

The farmer tends his crops day after day.

Definition

Adverb: In a manner that repeats every day; continuously or repeatedly over many successive days without change or interruption.

Usage

This adverb describes an action or state that occurs repeatedly, each day following the previous one, often implying monotony, persistence, or an unchanging routine.

Examples

• The workers performed the same tedious task day after day.
• Day after day, the sun rose over the quiet village.
• She waited for news day after day, but none came.
• The routine continued day after day without variation.

Advanced Usage

• Used to emphasize the relentless, unchanging, or cumulative nature of a situation over time.
  • The drought persisted, and the farmers watched their crops wither day after day.
• Can be placed at the beginning of a sentence for dramatic emphasis on the passage of time.
  • Day after day, year after year, he worked on his masterpiece.

Variants and Related Words

• Day in, day out (idiom): An idiom with a very similar meaning, emphasizing daily repetition and often drudgery.
  • He commutes to the same office job day in, day out.
• Daily (adverb): Each day; every day.
  • The newspaper is delivered daily.
• Continuously (adverb): Without interruption.
  • The machine runs continuously.

Synonyms

• Daily
• Continually
• Repeatedly
• Perpetually
• Unceasingly

Antonyms

• Occasionally
• Sporadically
• Intermittently
• Rarely

Related Idioms

• Day in, day out: Continuously or repeatedly over a long period.
  • She practiced the piano day in, day out until she perfected the sonata.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. for an indefinite number of successive days

Từ đồng nghĩa

• day in day out