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Day-to-Day

/deɪ tə deɪ/
adjectiveCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to the routine activities or events that occur daily.

    "She manages the day-to-day operations of the business efficiently."
  2. 2

    Describing something that is ordinary or commonplace.

    "His day-to-day life is filled with simple pleasures."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'day-to-day' is derived from the combination of 'day', which comes from the Old English 'dæg', and 'to', a preposition from Old English 'tō'. The phrase evolved in the 19th century to describe routine or everyday occurrences.

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