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day-to-day

day-to-day

127 1.1
Things you do every day as part of normal life
  • adjective
  • /ˈdeɪ tə ˈdeɪ/
translation icon : diario
  • The spirit of music education can be found in the day-to-day actions of every music teacher.
  • day-to-day operations
  • day-to-day life
  • day-to-day activities

You know, we have a good day-to-day operator.

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Examples

  • to make these dreams part of your day-to-day life as you pursue them.

  • Respondents were asked whether they used each of the 21 theories in their day-to-day practice as managers.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Meaning that you can fuel your performance or your day-to-day life with this.

  • And what we need day-to-day is to be able to pay for our food.

  • It's how we deal with day-to-day life.

  • And most of my job day-to-day is like Zoom calls.

  • My responsibilities are to run the day-to-day operations.

  • Respondents reported using a variety of practice theories and models in day-to-day practice.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Are you involved with the day-to-day operations of the restaurant at all, Mr. Brumby?

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Managing finances is a crucial part of our day-to-day responsibilities.

Synonyms

daily
vsday-to-day
1.0

Happening or done every day

adds the idea of relating to ordinary routine rather than mere frequency
regular
vsday-to-day
870 1.0

Happening at fixed times on a schedule

is about ordinary daily life rather than set schedules
everyday
vsday-to-day
276 1.0

Ordinary clothes or things used in daily life, not for special occasions

relates more to events or tasks that occur every day
routine
vsday-to-day
263 1.0

Happening as a usual part of daily life

focuses on happening every day rather than merely as a usual part
day-by-day
vsday-to-day
4 2.5

Happening or changing every day

focuses on ordinary routine across days rather than continuous change
quotidian
vsday-to-day
3 8.2

Common events or things that happen every day

refers to ordinary daily routine without stressing dullness

Antonyms

285 2.8

Happening now and then but not often

27 3.5

Happening at no fixed times

How Routine

day-to-day
127 1.1
routine
354 1.0
regular
870 1.0
occasional
285 2.8
unusual
2.2

Surface Forms

day-to-day positive
day to day positive

Morphology

day-to-day = day (semi-transparent) = to + day + day

The meaning of 'day-to-day' as 'routine' or 'ordinary' is not fully predictable from the literal combination of 'day' and 'to', but the components are familiar. [Postprocessing: moved 'to' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Day-to-day comes from the simple word day and the idea 'from one day to the next', like the phrase 'day by day'. That's why it describes ordinary tasks or things you do each day.