day-to-day en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(not-comparable) Ordinary, mundane, or everyday.
One has to deal with the day-to-day chores.
“The book is about guilt, adultery, murder, a chase through the mountains — you know, the usual day-to-day stuff,” Babcock said wryly.
2025 August 2, Maureen Dowd, quoting Richard Babcock, “Attention, Men: Books Are Sexy!”, in The New York Times:
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(not-comparable) Happening every day, everyday.
High manganese material is three times more costly, but its expectation of life is five years; in addition, it offers a big saving in day-to-day maintenance.
1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Liverpool Street layout remodelled”, in Modern Railways, page 222:Most of those working so hard to find a peace formula carried no major day-to-day responsibilities in Vietnam or Southeast Asia. This lack enabled them to take a detached, above-the-battle stance.
1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 255:I would like to know about the day-to-day workings of the business.
"After a year of patchy performance, passengers just want a consistent day-to-day service they can rely on and a better chance of getting a seat."
2019 December 18, Andrew Roden, “Rail fares to rise by an average of 2.7% in January”, in Rail, page 16:
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(US, not-comparable, often) Subject to daily redetermination.
He has an ankle sprain and his status is day-to-day.
[T]he supply of the basic necessities for making polish-remover is becoming more scarce every day. Our company is fortunate in having a year’s supply on hand but other organizations have been leading a day-to-day life, so to speak, with their polish-remover.
1941 November 7, Herman Johnson, quotee, “Nail Polish Remover Days Are Numbered […]”, in Tucson Daily Citizen, late news edition, volume LXXII, number 263, Tucson, Ariz., →OCLC, page 11, column 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| day to day | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
minute-to-minute (Related terms) · hour-to-hour (Related terms) · week-to-week (Related terms) · quinquennium-to-quinquennium (Related terms) · year-to-year (Related terms) · biennium-to-biennium (Related terms) · month-to-month (Related terms) · second-to-second (Related terms) · decade-to-decade (Related terms) · quarter-to-quarter (Related terms) · millennium-to-millennium (Related terms) · quadrennium-to-quadrennium (Related terms) · triennium-to-triennium (Related terms) · century-to-century (Related terms)
Relateds
front line · at the coal face · day to day
Translations (26)
ru регуля́рный (happening every day) · yi טאָג־טעגלעך (ordinary or mundane) · ru ежедне́вный (happening every day) · de täglich wiederkehrend (happening every day) · pl codzienny (ordinary or mundane) · ru обы́денный (ordinary or mundane) · gl diario (ordinary or mundane) · it giornaliero (happening every day) · de gewöhnlich (ordinary or mundane) · it ordinario (ordinary or mundane) · de alltäglich (ordinary or mundane) · ru бу́дничный (ordinary or mundane) · es día a día (happening every day) · ru повседне́вный (ordinary or mundane) · yi טאָג־טעגלעך (happening every day) · es día a día (ordinary or mundane) · de banal (ordinary or mundane) · fr à la petite semaine (ordinary or mundane) · cmn 每日的 (happening every day) · it di tutti i giorni (happening every day) · pl codzienny (happening every day) · de tagtäglich (happening every day) · cmn 日常的 (happening every day) · gl diario (happening every day) · bg всекидне́вен (ordinary or mundane) · bg ежедне́вен (happening every day)