English

Alternative forms

• day to day

Adjective

day-to-day ‎(comparative more day-to-day, superlative most day-to-day)

1. (idiomatic) Ordinary or mundane.

   One has to deal with the day-to-day chores.

2. (idiomatic) Happening every day.

   I would like to know about the day-to-day workings of the business.

3. (idiomatic, US, sports) Subject to daily redetermination.

   He has an ankle sprain and his status is day-to-day.

Coordinate terms

• second-to-second
• minute-to-minute
• hour-to-hour
• day-to-day
• week-to-week
• month-to-month
• quarter-to-quarter
• year-to-year
• biennium-to-biennium
• triennium-to-triennium
• quadrennium-to-quadrennium
• quinquennium-to-quinquennium
• decade-to-decade
• century-to-century
• millennium-to-millennium

Translations

See also

• at the coal face
• front line

Adverb

day-to-day ‎(comparative more day-to-day, superlative most day-to-day)

1. (idiomatic) On a daily basis.

   The cost of gasoline is determined day-to-day.

Coordinate terms

• second-to-second
• minute-to-minute
• hour-to-hour
• day-to-day
• week-to-week
• month-to-month
• quarter-to-quarter
• year-to-year
• decade-to-decade
• century-to-century

Noun

day-to-day ‎(uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) Ordinary, monotonous routine; that which is usual or mundane.

   People come here to escape the day-to-day.