adj
Meaning 1
Ordinary, mundane, or everyday.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- One has to deal with the day-to-day chores.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
day-to-day
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adj
Meaning 2
Happening every day, everyday.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- I would like to know about the day-to-day workings of the business.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Subject to daily redetermination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, not-comparable, often
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- He has an ankle sprain and his status is day-to-day.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 4
On a daily basis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The cost of gasoline is determined day-to-day.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Ordinary, monotonous routine; that which is usual or mundane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- People come here to escape the day-to-day.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
of or belonging to or occurring every day
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- daily routine
- a daily paper
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: daily, day-by-day, day-after-day
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: всекидне́вен (vsekidnéven) — ordinary or mundane
- French: à la petite semaine — ordinary or mundane
- Galician: diario — ordinary or mundane
- German: alltäglich — ordinary or mundane
- German: gewöhnlich — ordinary or mundane
- German: banal — ordinary or mundane
- Italian: ordinario — ordinary or mundane
- Polish: codzienny — ordinary or mundane
- Russian: бу́дничный (búdničnyj) — ordinary or mundane
- Russian: обы́денный (obýdennyj) — ordinary or mundane
- Russian: повседне́вный (povsednévnyj) — ordinary or mundane
- Spanish: día a día — ordinary or mundane
- Yiddish: טאָג־טעגלעך (tog-teglekh) — ordinary or mundane
- Bulgarian: ежедне́вен (ežednéven) — happening every day
- Chinese Mandarin: 每日的 (měirì de) — happening every day
- Chinese Mandarin: 日常的 (rìcháng de) — happening every day
- Galician: diario — happening every day
- German: tagtäglich — happening every day
- German: täglich wiederkehrend — happening every day
- Italian: giornaliero — happening every day
- Italian: di tutti i giorni — happening every day
- Polish: codzienny — happening every day
- Russian: ежедне́вный (ježednévnyj) — happening every day
- Russian: регуля́рный (reguljárnyj) — happening every day
- Spanish: día a día — happening every day
- Yiddish: טאָג־טעגלעך (tog-teglekh) — happening every day
- Galician: día a día — ordinary, monotonous routine; that which is usual or mundane
- Japanese: 日常 (nichijō) — ordinary, monotonous routine; that which is usual or mundane
- Polish: codzienność — ordinary, monotonous routine; that which is usual or mundane
- Russian: повседневность (povsednevnostʹ) — ordinary, monotonous routine; that which is usual or mundane
- Spanish: día a día — ordinary, monotonous routine; that which is usual or mundane