Collocations for day - noun

the following, (the) next
the previous
the other
I was in your area the other day (= recently).

one, some
I hope we meet again some day.

the very
It happened on the very day (= the same day) that Kemp was murdered.
The letter arrived the very next day.

auspicious, big, eventful, historic, memorable, red-letter, special
field
The tabloid press had a field day with the latest government scandal.

normal, ordinary
fateful, sad
those killed in the hail of bullets fired on that fateful day

Christmas, Independence, Mother's, Thanksgiving, etc.
feast, holy
election, market, opening, pay, polling, visiting, wedding
sports (BrE)
game (AmE), match (esp. BrE)
rest, school, study, training
the pattern of the school day

pass
He thought of her less as the days passed.

come
When that day comes, I plan to be far away.

by the day
He's getting stronger by the day.

for a/the day
They stayed for ten days.

in a/the day
We hope to finish the job in a few days.

on the day (of)
On the day of his wedding he was very nervous.

day of
It was the day of the big game.

day by day
Morale was sinking day by day.

beautiful, bright, fine, glorious, hot, nice, sunny, warm
cloudy, cold, grey/gray, rainy, windy
autumn (esp. BrE), fall (AmE), spring, summer, summer's, winter, winter's
a fine summer's day

fun, good, great, happy, lovely, perfect, wonderful
Memories of happy days on the hills never fade.

bad, terrible
On a bad day chaos reigns and nobody can predict when a plane will leave.
It's been one of the worst days of my life.

full
I knew I had a full day's driving ahead of me.

spend
We spent the day gardening.

start
Be sure to start the day with a good breakfast.

see
I never thought I would see the day when free elections would be held in this country.

break, dawn
As day dawned I found her already hard at work.

go
How did your day go?

by day
We preferred to travel at night and rest by day.

during the day
for a/the day
We went to the beach for the day.

all day (long)
at the end of the day
day and night
one of those days
It's been one of those days when everything's gone wrong.

work (usually workday), working (BrE)
bad, busy, hard, long, tiring
a hard day at the office

good, quiet, slow
7-hour, 8-hour, etc.
I do a 9-hour day

half
sick
I am entitled to ten paid sick days a year.

vacation (AmE)

a good day's work

early, former, old, olden
in the early days of television

school, student, young
in his younger days

glory, golden, happy, heady
the heady days of the ‘swinging sixties’

dark
the dark days of recession

playing
Some players go into management once their playing days are over.

in sb's day
Things were very different in my grandfather's day.

of the day
the government of the day

since the days of
Much has changed since the days of my youth.

gone are the days when …
Gone are the days when you could smoke in restaurants.

the bad old days, the good old days
That was in the bad old days of rampant inflation.

in this day and age
in those days
the present day
a study of drama from Ibsen to the present day

these days
Kids grow up so quickly these days.

those were the days (= used to suggest that a time in the past was better than now)