day-to-day
/dˈeɪtudˌeɪ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.64 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
5
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Example Sentences
- "One has to deal with the day-to-day chores."
- "“The book is about guilt, adultery, murder, a chase through the mountains — you know, the usual day-to-day stuff,” Babcock said wryly."
- "I would like to know about the day-to-day workings of the business."
- "High manganese material is three times more costly, but its expectation of life is five years; in addition, it offers a big saving in day-to-day maintenance."
- "Most of those working so hard to find a peace formula carried no major day-to-day responsibilities in Vietnam or Southeast Asia. This lack enabled them to take a detached, above-the-battle stance."
- ""After a year of patchy performance, passengers just want a consistent day-to-day service they can rely on and a better chance of getting a seat.""
Usage
- American usage
- Uncountable
Inflected Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
day to day
at the coal face
front line
biennium-to-biennium
century-to-century
decade-to-decade
hour-to-hour
millennium-to-millennium