Meanings
prepositional phrase
- Of temporal measurements or comparisons: exactly; measured on the level of days, rather than more loosely by weeks, months etc.
It was a year ago to the day that I first met him.
Translations
Dutch dag op dag, op de dag af
- dag op dagmeasured on the level of days
- op de dag afmeasured on the level of days
Finnish päivälleen
- päivälleenmeasured on the level of days
French jour pour jour
- jour pour jourmeasured on the level of days
German auf den Tag genau, auf den Tag
- auf den Tag genaumeasured on the level of days
- auf den Tagmeasured on the level of days
Hungarian napra pontosan
- napra pontosanmeasured on the level of days
Polish dokładnie
- dokładniemeasured on the level of days
Portuguese exatamente
- exatamentemeasured on the level of days
Swedish på dagen
- på dagenmeasured on the level of days
Cite this entry
APA
to the day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20the%20day
MLA
“to the day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20the%20day. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “to the day,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20the%20day.
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