day-to-day basis
20
2.5
- noun
:
día a día
- She manages her time effectively on a day-to-day basis to balance work and family life.
- people on a day-to-day basis
You, you can't judge yourself on a day-to-day basis on these big issues.
- You, you can't judge yourself on a day-to-day basis on these big issues.
- What are the victories that he needs on a day-to-day basis so that he can start stacking wins.
- And how does that affect the way you see life on a day-to-day basis?
- But now I just am as so much more consistently happy on a day-to-day basis.
- So being able to translate that just unlocks a lot of value on a day-to-day basis.
- You know, I was less than, I was inferior and just living with that on a day-to-day basis.
- However, there are three gadgets that I still allow pocket space for on a day-to-day basis.
- I'm going to try to create some good patterns for myself on a day-to-day basis so that I don't just fall into bad habits.
- I love just light neutral mattes, cool tones, typically what I reach for on a day-to-day basis.
- We all want to take the hits and keep going and we do, we do it on a day-to-day basis.
Examples
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Educational goals, however, lack the specificity necessary to guide instruction on a day-to-day basis.
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How can we bring this into the forefront of our consciousness on a day-to-day basis?
Blog text (4) -
But at the same time, you on a day-to-day basis put your life at risk more than most people ever would.
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We must look at what takes place on a day-to-day basis.
Academic text (2000) -
The rules are being written on a day-to-day basis.
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Actually what you need is, you know, on the pitch, on a day-to-day basis, you need people to make decisions.
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The household is where family decisions are made, and life is organized on a day-to-day basis.
Academic text (1994) -
Many men do not have a clue what women deal with on a day-to-day basis.
Blog text (16) -
Associates also receive extensive informal training on a day-to-day basis, she says.
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At the South Yard, Raymond Jones acted as executive manager, and Emil Kratt managed the yard on a day-to-day basis.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
386
1.0
Often at the same or fixed times
91
2.3
Happens often at set times
65
2.2
Happens again and again for many days in a row
37
3.6
Happens every day for a long time in the same boring way
33
3.4
Every day for a long time without any change
24
2.3
For each day
10
3.7
To do something regularly, often without thinking
4
2.5
Happening or changing every day
Antonyms
How Regular
- Informal
33
3.4
20
2.5
91
2.3
438
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
day-to-day + basis
The phrase combines 'day-to-day' (meaning daily, occurring each day) with 'basis' (a reference to frequency or regularity), so the sense 'happens as part of the daily routine / regularly' is directly derivable from the parts. The productive pattern 'on a X basis' is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase day-to-day basis comes from the simple picture of doing things from one day to the next as part of your daily routine on a steady basis. That's why it means 'regularly' or 'every day'.