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d-day
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun d-day has 1 sense
- d-day(n = noun.time) 6 june 1944 - date of the Allied landing in France, World War II; Array is a kind of date, day of the month
OXFORD DICTIONARY
d-day, n.
1 the day (6 June 1944) on which British and American forces invaded N. France.
2 the day on which an important operation is to begin or a change to take effect.
1 the day (6 June 1944) on which British and American forces invaded N. France.
2 the day on which an important operation is to begin or a change to take effect.
Etymology
D for day + DAY
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