everyday

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled every-day

US /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ See IPA manual

Freq #3137

Meanings

1

adj
Ordinary and common; happening or used as a normal part of daily life.

Email has become part of our everyday lives.
2

adj
Suitable for normal use rather than for special occasions.

She changed out of her good dress into her everyday clothes.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · ordinary and common;... common commonplace ordinary routine mundane

2 adj · suitable for normal use... workaday

Word family

Derived forms everydaynesseverydayseverydaywear

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Phrases (1)

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everyday wear
clothing or material intended for regular daily use

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

everidayes Middle English

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Describing Qualities

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# everyday

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/
**Frequency rank:** 3137

## Meanings
1. Ordinary and common; happening or used as a normal part of daily life.
2. Suitable for normal use rather than for special occasions.

## Examples
- Email has become part of our everyday lives.
- She changed out of her good dress into her everyday clothes.

## Derived Forms
- everydayness
- everydays
- everydaywear

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: everidayes

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

## AI Etymology
Everyday comes from Middle English everidayes, every daies, every dayes (“everyday, daily, continual, constant”, adjective, literally “every day's”), equivalent to every + day. In current use, the main senses are “Ordinary and common; happening or used as a normal part of daily life” and “Suitable for normal use rather than for special occasions”.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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