everyday

everyday

ordinary, commonplace, usual: an everyday occurrence

Not to be confused with:

every day – each day: He brings me the paper every day.

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eve·ry·day

 (ĕv′rē-dā′)

adj.

1. Appropriate for ordinary days or routine occasions: a suit for everyday wear.

2. Commonplace; ordinary: everyday worries.

n.

The ordinary or routine day or occasion: "It was not an isolated, violent episode. It had become part of the everyday" (Sherry Turkle).

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eve′ry·day′ness n.

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everyday

(ˈɛvrɪˌdeɪ)

adj

1. happening each day; daily

2. commonplace or usual; ordinary

3. suitable for or used on ordinary days as distinct from Sundays or special days

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eve•ry•day

(ˈɛv riˌdeɪ; -ˈdeɪ)

adj.

1. of or pertaining to every day; daily: an everyday occurrence.

2. of or for ordinary days, as contrasted with Sundays, holidays, or special occasions: everyday clothes.

3. ordinary; commonplace.

[1325–75]

eve`ry•day′ness, n.

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everyday

– every day

1. 'everyday'

Everyday is an adjective. You use it to describe something that is normal and not exciting or unusual in any way.

...the everyday problems of living in the city.

Computers are a part of everyday life for most people.

2. 'every day'

Every day is an adverbial phrase. If something happens every day, it happens regularly each day.

Shanti asked the same question every day.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	everyday - found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"
	2.	everyday - appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes" daily, casual informal - not formal; "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends"
	3.	everyday - commonplace and ordinary; "the familiar everyday world" familiar - within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; "familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences"

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everyday

adjective

1. daily, day-to-day, diurnal, quotidian opportunities for improving fitness in your everyday routine
daily occasional, now and then, irregular, periodic, infrequent

2. ordinary, common, usual, familiar, conventional, routine, dull, stock, accustomed, customary, commonplace, mundane, vanilla (slang), banal, habitual, run-of-the-mill, unimaginative, workaday, unexceptional, bog-standard (Brit. & Irish slang), common or garden (informal), dime-a-dozen (informal), wonted an exhilarating escape from the drudgery of everyday life
ordinary interesting, special, original, exciting, unusual, extraordinary, exceptional, irregular, uncommon, periodic, incidental, outlandish, infrequent

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everyday

adjective

1. Of or suitable for ordinary days or routine occasions:

quotidian, workaday, workday.

2. Occurring quite often:

common, familiar, frequent, regular, routine, widespread.

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Translations

عادي، يَوْمييَوْمِيَّا

dagligdagshverdags-hverdagspligter

alltäglichtäglich

καθημερινός

cotidianocualquieradiariohabitual

quotidienvulgairebanaljournalier

mindennapi

daglegurhversdags-

quotidianogiornaliero

hverdagslig

corriqueiro

текущий

vsakdanji

günlükher günküolağansıradan

寻常的每日的

everyday

[ˈevrɪdeɪ] ADJ [occurrence, experience] → cotidiano; [expression] → corriente; [use] → diario, cotidiano; [shoes, clothes] → de uso diario
for everyday (use) → de diario
in everyday use → de uso corriente
everyday clothes → ropa f de diario

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everyday

[ˈɛvrideɪ] adj

(= usual) [life, routine] → quotidien(ne); [problem] → quotidien(ne)
Murder is an everyday occurrence in this part of town
BUT Il se produit des meurtres tous les jours dans ce quartier.

[expression] → courant(e), d'usage courant

[use] → courant(e)
to be in everyday use → être couramment utilisé(e)
for everyday use → destiné(e) à être utilisé(e) tous les jours
too expensive for everyday use → trop cher pour être utilisé tous les jours

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

everyday

adj → alltäglich; reality → täglich; everyday clothes → Alltagskleidung f; to be an everyday occurrence → (all)täglich vorkommen; for everyday use → für den täglichen Gebrauch; words in everyday use → Wörter pl → der Alltagssprache; everyday language → Alltagssprache f; everyday people → ganz normale Menschen; everyday life or living → der Alltag; everyday world → Alltagswelt f

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everyday

[ˈɛvrɪˌdeɪ] adj → quotidiano/a, di ogni giorno; (expression) → di uso corrente; (use, occurrence, experience) → comune; (shoes, clothes) → di tutti i giorni
it is not an everyday event → non capita tutti i giorni

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every

(ˈevri) adjective

1. each one of or all (of a certain number). Every room is painted white; Not every family has a car. elke, ieder كُل всички cada každý jede hver; hver eneste; enhver; alle κάθε, όλοιcada, todo iga هر؛ همه jokainen tout; chaqueכל प्रत्येक svaki, pojedini mindegyik setiap sérhver ogni すべての 모든 kiekvienas katrs setiap elkhverkażdy هر، هر یو cada fiecare; tot каждый každý vsak svaki alla, samtliga, varje แต่ละ; ทั้งหมด her 所有的(確定數目) кожний ہر ایک mỗi 所有的（确定数目）

2. each (of an indefinite number or series). Every hour brought the two countries nearer war; He attends to her every need. elke كُل всеки cada každý jede hver; hver eneste; alle κάθεcada iga هر joka chaque; chacun deכל हर svaki mind(en) setiap sérhver, hver og einn ogni いずれの 매… kiekvienas katrs setiap elkhver, allekażdy هر(نا معین وقت یا شمیره) cada fiecare; orice каждый; любой každý vsak svaki varje, var, varenda ทุก ๆ her 每一(不確定數目) будь-який ہر mỗi 每一（不确定数目）

3. the most absolute or complete possible. We have every reason to believe that she will get better. alle كافَّة، كُل всеки todo všechen all hver; hver eneste; enhver; alle κάθεtodo kõik هر گونه؛ کامل kaikki tout אֶת כָּל הַ- सभी mnogo minden mutlak allur hugsanlegur ogni あらゆる 가능한 한의 visi, visokeriopas ikviens; jebkurš segala alleall muligwszelki هر شی، واړه، ټول todo tot всяческий akýkoľvek vsak svaki alla ทั้ั้งมวล her türlü 一切可能的 всілякий تمام کے تمام mọi 一切可能的

4. used to show repetition after certain intervals of time or space. I go to the supermarket every four or five days; Every second house in the row was bright pink; `Every other day' means èvery two days' or `on alternate days'. elke مَرَّةً كُل يَوْمَيْن на всеки cada každý jede hver κάθεcada iga هر؛ هر...یکبار joka tous les מִדֵי हर घंटे, दिन इत्यदि svaki minden setiap annar hver ogni ～ごとに ...마다 kas katrs tiap om de hver, annenhver co ... هر يو ځل cada (la) fiecare каждый každý vsak (četrti dan itd.) svaki var [annan] ทุก ๆ her...-de 每隔...的 кожний مرحلہ وار mỗi một 每隔...的

ˈeverybody, ˈeveryone pronoun

every person. Everyone thinks I'm right. elkeen, almal كُل شَخْص всеки todo mundo každý jeder alle; hver eneste καθένας, όλοιtodos, todo el mundo igaüks همه؛ همه کس jokainen tout le monde כָּל אֶחָד प्रत्येक व्यक्ति svi mindenki setiap orang allir tutti だれでも皆 누구나, 모두 kiekvienas, visi ikviens; jebkurš; visi semua orang iedereenalle, enhverkażdy, wszyscy هر څوک، هر سړی todo o mundo/toda a gente toată lumea каждыи; все každý vsakdo svi alla, var och en ทุกคน herkes 每人 кожний; всі ہر شخص mọi người 每人

ˈeveryday adjective

1. happening, done used etc daily. her everyday duties. daaglikse يَوْمِيَّا всекидневен todos os dias/cotidiano každodenní täglich hverdagspligter; hverdags- καθημερινόςcotidiano, de todos los días igapäevane روزانه joka päivä quotidien יוֹמיוֹמִי प्रतिदिन svakodnevni mindennapi sehari-hari daglegur quotidiano 毎日の 매일의 kasdieninis ikdienas- setiap hari dagelijks daglig, hverdags-codzienny ورځنی todo o dia/cotidiano zilnic каждодневный každodenný vsakdanji svakodnevni daglig ซึ่งเกิดขึ้นทุกวัน günlük, her günkü 每日的 щоденний, повсякденний روزانہ ہونے والا hàng ngày 每日的

2. common or usual. an everyday event. alledaagse عادي، يَوْمي ежедневен habitual/corriqueiro všední alltäglich dagligdags κοινός, συνηθισμένοςhabitual argine عادی؛ معمول jokapäiväinen de tous les joursרגיל सामान्य, साधारण, प्रतिदिन का uobičajen, svakodnevan mindennapos biasa hversdags- di tutti i giorni ありふれた 평소의 kasdieniškas parasts hari-hari alledaagsdagligdags, hverdagsligpowszedni معمولی، عادی habitual/corriqueiro banal повседневный všedný vsakdanji uobičajen vardaglig, alldaglig, vanlig ตามปกติ olağan, sıradan 日常的，平常的 звичайний; буденний عام یا معمولی quen thuộc 寻常的

ˈeverything pronoun

all things. Have you everything you want? alles كُل شَيء всичко tudo cokoli alles alt; alting; det hele καθετί, όλαtodo kõik همه چیز kaikki tout הַכּוֹל सब कुछ sve minden segalanya sérhvað, allt tutto すべてのもの 모든 것 viskas viss semua allesaltwszystko هر شی tudo tot всё čokoľvek vse sve allt, allting, alltsammans ทุกสิ่งทุกอย่าง her şey 一切事物 все سب کچھ mọi thứ 一切事物

ˈeverywhere adverb

(in or to) every place. The flies are everywhere; Everywhere I go, he follows me. orals كُل مَكان на всякъде em toda a parte všude überall overalt παντού todas partes kõikjal, kõikjale همه جا؛ هرجا kaikkialla partout בְּכָל מָקוֹם सर्वत्र posvuda, svuda mindenütt di mana-mana hvarvetna, alls staðar dovunque どこでも 어디나, 도처에 visur visur setiap tempat overaloveralt, alle stederwszędzie هر چیرته، په هرځای کی em toda a parte peste tot, oriunde повсюду; везде všade povsod svuda överallt ทุกหนแห่ง her yere, her yerde 到處 всюди, скрізь ہر کہیں khắp nơi 到处

every bit as

just as. You're every bit as clever as he is. ruim, net so, soveel تَماما مِثْلَ колкото tão právě tak genauso lige så εξίσουtan, igual de niisama ... kui درست مثل؛ از هر حیث juuri niin tout aussi מִכָּל הַבּחִינוֹת उतना ही jednako, baš toliko pont (olyan..., mint) sama sekali sama alveg jafn (mikið) proprio, del tutto まったく同じ (사람, 사물과) 똑같은 toks pat tikpat setanding precies zo fullt ut, i alle delercałkowicie, co do joty کټ مټ لکه tão exact точно práve tak ravno tako podjednako precis lika เช่นเดียวกับ her bakımdan 正如 так само; у всіх відношеннях بالکل đúng như 完全

every now and then / every now and again / every so often

occasionally. We get a letter from him every now and then. so af en toe, telkens مِن حينٍ إلى آخر، بيْن الفَيْنَه والفَيْنَه от верем на време de vez em quando tu a tam, občas hin und wieder fra tid til anden; nu og da; en gang imellem κάθε τόσο de vez en cuando aeg-ajalt هر از چند گاه؛ گهگاهی silloin tällöin de temps à autre מִדֵי פַּעַם समय समय पर svako malo hébe-hóba kadang-kadang alltaf öðru hverju di quando in quando 時おり 가끔 retkarčiais šad un tad sekali sekala af en toenå og da, fra tid til annen co jakiś czas کله کله، ځینی وخت de vez em quando din când în când время от времени občas, zavše tu in tam povremeno då och då, allt emellanåt เป็นครั้งคราว arada sırada, zaman zaman 偶爾 час від часу اکثر thỉnh thoảng 时而，偶尔

every time

1. always; invariably. We use this method every time. telkens دائِما، كُل مَرَّه винаги de cada vez pokaždé, vždy stets altid; hver gang πάντοτεcada vez iga kord همیشه joka kerta chaque fois כָּל פַּעַם सदा svaki put, uvijek minden alkalommal selalu alltaf; í hvert skipti ogni volta いつも 항상 visada vienmēr; visu laiku setiap masa elke keer hver gang, alltid za każdym razem تل، همیشه de cada vez de fiecare dată când всегда; неизменно zakaždým vselej svaki put alltid, jämt ตลอด her zaman 總是 завжди بلا استثنا lần nào cũng 总是

2. whenever. Every time he comes, we quarrel. elke slag, elke keer كُل مَرَّه، كُلَّمـا по всяко време toda vez kdykoli sooft hver gang όποτε, κάθε φορά που cada vez que iga kord kui هرگاه aina chaque fois que כָּל פַּעַם जब-जब kadgod valahányszor setiap kali alltaf; í hvert skipti sem ogni volta ～するたびに …할 때마다 kada tik kad vien setiap kali elke keer hver gang, når som helstkiedykolwiek هرکله چی de cada vez/de? de fiecare dată всякий раз kedykoľvek vsakokrat svaki put varenda (varje) gång เมื่อไหร่ก็ตาม her ne zaman, her...-diğinde 每當 кожен раз, завжди جب بھی bất cứ lúc nào 每当

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everybody, ~everyone are singular: Everybody is (not are) tired / Everyone should buy his own ticket .
see also their.

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