order of the day
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4.5
- noun
:
prioridad
- Worker strikes, student demonstrations, and popular uprisings against the British-supported monarchical regime were the order of the day.
- became the order of the day
- still the order of the day
I think that the experiments where centralized control over economic decisions was the order of the day failed.
- I think that the experiments where centralized control over economic decisions was the order of the day failed.
Examples
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Mainstreaming or full inclusion of students into the regular classroom is the order of the day.
Academic text (1997) -
Diplomacy rather than aggression seems to be the order of the day with this president.
Blog text (7) -
Improving the quality of learning and teaching is pretty much the order of the day at DEEP schools.
Academic text (2005) -
Apparently, chaos is the order of the day here.
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Board games and lots of wine, I gather, are the order of the day and night.
Blog text (9) -
Compromise will be the order of the day.
Academic text (2010) -
As a result, fundamentalism often becomes the order of the day.
Academic text (2006) -
New strategies, new organizations of progressive voters, and more grassroots education must become the order of the day.
Academic text (1998) -
During Bush's brief stay in Buenos Aires, mutual praise and admiration were the order of the day between the two leaders.
Academic text (1991) -
In the meeting, ensuring transparency was the order of the day for all participants.
Synonyms
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3.5
The most important thing to deal with first
30
3.7
The main person, thing, or idea that gets most attention
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6.0
The most important thing in a situation or activity
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal constituents ('order' + 'day') can suggest a schedule or the arrangement for a particular time (i.e. what is 'ordered' or expected today), and many languages have a comparable phrase (e.g. French 'l'ordre du jour'), so a learner could infer a general sense of 'what is current/agenda'. However, the specific nuance of 'the prevailing issue or practice' is somewhat idiomatic and may not be fully predictable from the parts without prior exposure.
Etymology
Order of the day later grew from that meeting picture: an order for a day showed what mattered most then. That's why people now use it to mean what is usual or most important 'at a particular time'.