TOP

Definition of day out noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

day out

noun
 
/ˌdeɪ ˈaʊt/
 
/ˌdeɪ ˈaʊt/
(plural days out)
jump to other results
  1. a trip or visit somewhere for a day
    • We had a day out in the country.
    • We had a day out at the beach.
    Synonyms triptripjourney ▪ tour ▪ expedition ▪ excursion ▪ outing ▪ day outThese are all words for an act of travelling to a place.trip an act of travelling from one place to another, and usually back again:
    • a business trip
    • a five-minute trip by taxi
    journey an act of travelling from one place to another, especially when they are a long way apart:
    • a long and difficult journey across the mountains
     trip or journey?A trip usually involves you going to a place and back again; a journey is usually one-way. A trip is often shorter than a journey, although it does not have to be: a trip to New York • a round-the-world trip. It is often short in time, even if it is long in distance. Journey is more often used when the travelling takes a long time and is difficult. In North American English journey is not used for short trips (British English) Don't use the car for short journeys. tour a journey made for pleasure during which several different places are visited:
    • a tour of Bavaria
    expedition an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known:
    • the first expedition to the South Pole
    excursion a short trip made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people:
    • We went on an all-day excursion to the island.
    outing a short trip made for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than a day:
    • The children were on a day’s outing from school.
    day out a trip to somewhere for a day, especially for pleasure:
    • We had a day out at the beach.
    Patterns
    • a(n) foreign/​overseas trip/​journey/​tour/​expedition
    • a bus/​coach/​train/​rail trip/​journey/​tour
    • to go on a(n) trip/​journey/​tour/​expedition/​excursion/​outing/​day out
    • to set out/​off on a(n) trip/​journey/​tour/​expedition/​excursion
    • to make a(n) trip/​journey/​tour/​expedition/​excursion
    Topics Holidaysb1
Check pronunciation: day out

Other results

All matches
Idioms

Nearby words

elaborate
adjective
 
 
From the Word list
Oxford 5000
C1
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day