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everyday

//ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

Note for everyday

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Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.

  2. 2.Commonplace, ordinary.

    • Although it is an everyday virus, there is something about influenza that inspires awe.
    • By 2025, of course, Trump and Miller were back in the White House, pursuing a campaign promise to “remigrate” millions of everyday people out of America.
  3. 3.Present or recurring every day.

    • We hope this becomes an ‘everyday’ book in your kitchen – or at least an ‘everyweek’ book.
    • It’s not an everyday, or even an everyweek, event, but nowadays you can sometimes see young couples kissing goodbye at street corners and train stations.
    • “What kind of place do you live in! Every time we turn around, somebody else is getting killed!” / “Believe me, it’s not an everyday occurrence.” An everyweek occurrence lately, however.

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

  1. 1.Misspelling of every day (compare everywhere, everyway, etc.).

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3179

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

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Etymology

From Middle English everidayes, every daies, every dayes (“everyday, daily, continual, constant”, adjective, literally “every day's”), equivalent to every + day.

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