day-to-dayadj.adv.n.

Brit.

/ˌdeɪtəˈdeɪ/, U.S.

/ˌdeɪdəˈdeɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n. 1, to prep.

Etymology: < day n. 1 + to prep. + day n. 1, after from day to day at day n. Phrases 2c. Compare earlier day by day adj. and day by day adv. Compare also slightly earlier year-to-year adj.

A. adj.

a. Of or relating to each day in succession; happening regularly every day; daily. Also: concerned with each successive day without consideration for the future; that is focused on the short-term.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adjective] > everyday or daily

dailyOE

daiwhomlyOE

quotidian?1406

quotidialc1503

journal1590

diary1592

diurnal1594

quotidianary1719

journalaryc1740

day-to-day1861

1861 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon xxi, in Temple Bar Aug. 23 He lived for a very long time on the fifty pounds the railway mania had brought him, and then sank down into a day-to-day fight for bread-and-cheese.

1893 A. Scott Matheson Church & Social Probl. ix. 178 The question with them is a day-to-day struggle for existence, and not a method by which they may procure an annuity in old age.

1912 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 Dec. 624/2 What is wanted is only such a day-to-day record as will furnish information of value as to the incidence of disease.

1963 Higher Educ.: Rep. Comm. under Ld. Robbins 220 in Parl. Papers 1962–3 (Cmnd. 2154) XI. 639 The day-to-day conduct of policy must rest with the heads of institutions.

1989 D. Judd Give Sorrow Words i. 7 This nuclear age has an effect that must further alter our attitudes; even though, on the surface, we tend to ignore the threat on a day-to-day basis.

2010 Sunday Herald 7 Feb. (Review section) 15/4 He was the head writer, responsible for the day-to-day production of the programme.

b. Of an everyday character; ordinary; commonplace.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > of no special quality > commonplace

commona1382

ordinarc1400

plainc1430

famosec1449

famous1528

vulgar1580

ordinary1590

undistinguished1600

indistinguished1608

commonplace1616

unremarkable1628

irremarkable1635

bread and cheese1643

incurious1747

ordinary-looking1798

routine1826

indistinctive1846

common-seeming1857

bread-and-butterish1893

bread-and-buttery1893

timeworn1901

day-to-day1919

vanilla1972

standard1977

1919 Assoc. Men May 683/1 Finally her experiences all had been told, story-like... Only day-to-day things went unmentioned.

1919 House & Garden Aug. 16/1 [Collecting] begins in the accumulation of ordinary day-to-day objects.

1952 D. Thomas Let. 10 Sept. (1987) 839 I'm in a quite desperate position, even to a few pounds, and day-to-day wants & needs.

1973 R. T. Way Bicycle 63/2 For normal day-to-day riding, a small saddlebag is all that is needed.

2003 New Yorker 28 July 38/1 On the street in St. Petersburg, I'm in ordinary, day-to-day reality and in heightened, extra-vivid, literary reality simultaneously.

2. Finance (now chiefly U.S.). Designating or relating to money lent (usually by one bank to another) for a single business day.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adjective] > occupying one day

daylongeOE

diurnec1386

diurnalc1430

one-day1583

nuchthemerinal1677

all-day1794

day-to-day1870

intra-day1972

1870 Western Mail 19 Sept. 4/2 Day-to-day loans on Consols could be readily obtained at about 2 per cent.

1924 Economica 12 292 Ordinarily the lowest rate is paid for day-to-day money.

1936 Econ. Jrnl. 46 272 Occasional gaps between cash available and cash required are closed by day-to-day loans, which play a very considerable part in the Tokyo market.

1977 Financial Times 5 Jan. 32 Day-to-day credit was in short supply.

2003 Vienna Yearbk. Pop. Res. 1 49 Interest rates for day to day money (call money).

B. adv.

On each day in succession; on a daily basis. Also: one day at a time without consideration for the future; on an immediate or short-term basis. Cf. earlier from (also fro) day to day at day n. Phrases 2c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adverb]

daiwhomlyOE

adaya1200

day for dayc1386

day by dayc1390

daily1416

quotidianlya1438

quotidiallyc1475

per diem1485

journally1554

diurnally1599

day after day1830

day-to-day1928

1928 Hawarden (Iowa) Independent 15 Mar. 1/3 She carried to the very end the strong, radiant and cheerful spirit with which she met life day to day.

1949 Hoover Comm. Rep. on Organization Executive Branch of Govt. vii. 165 The entire Department lives day-to-day, and policies tend to be determined in terms of short-range decisions.

1959 H. Zinn LaGuardia in Congr. v. 56 Ordinary working people did not share the prosperity of the time and went about their mundane lives day to day never free from ‘the long arm of the job.’

1990 F. Dannen Hit Men (1991) iv. 82 He no longer dealt with records day to day, but had a vague job that paid well but signified little.

2009 J. M. Dawsey Masters & Savages x. 80 In my city of Mali, there once was a beggar who lived day to day on whatever alms were given him.

C. n.

With the. That which occurs day-to-day; ordinary or commonplace things collectively; everyday routine.Sometimes with the implication of dullness or banality.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > usualness > that which is commonplace > collectively

commonplace1732

day-to-day1965

1965 A. Wright Henry Fielding v. 173 Fielding's versatility exhibits the choice of a false world in which festivity is the hallmark of civilization founded on but superior to the squalor of the day-to-day.

1988 S. Rushdie Satanic Verses (1998) 216 The return of the butterflies lifted many spirits, but when the expected wonders failed to materialize the locals sank back, little by little, into the insufficiency of the day-to-day.

1998 R. Gunesekera Sandglass x. 225 Who can afford to care about the next world now..? Before spiritual survival you've got to handle the day-to-day.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 25 Apr. a12/1 What's going on in Rome doesn't affect the day-to-day so much.

Derivatives

ˌday-to-ˈdayness n.

ΚΠ

1918 Judge 20 July The thrill of being mystified, being neatly lifted outside his humdrum day-to-dayness.

1962 Prairie Schooner 36 353 He was settling into a kind of predictable day-to-dayness that had no reward save the pleasure of the warm shower he promised himself each evening and put off until as late as possible.

2002 D. Ake Jazz Cultures Pref. p. ix Supremely inspiring rehearsals, gigs, and recording sessions with like-minded players..redeemed the tedious day-to-dayness of subsistence living.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	day-to-day
释义	day-to-dayadj.adv.n. Brit. /ˌdeɪtəˈdeɪ/, U.S. /ˌdeɪdəˈdeɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n. 1, to prep. Etymology: < day n. 1 + to prep. + day n. 1, after from day to day at day n. Phrases 2c. Compare earlier day by day adj. and day by day adv. Compare also slightly earlier year-to-year adj. A. adj. 1. a. Of or relating to each day in succession; happening regularly every day; daily. Also: concerned with each successive day without consideration for the future; that is focused on the short-term. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adjective] > everyday or daily dailyOE daiwhomlyOE quotidian?1406 quotidialc1503 journal1590 diary1592 diurnal1594 quotidianary1719 journalaryc1740 day-to-day1861 1861 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon xxi, in Temple Bar Aug. 23 He lived for a very long time on the fifty pounds the railway mania had brought him, and then sank down into a day-to-day fight for bread-and-cheese. 1893 A. Scott Matheson Church & Social Probl. ix. 178 The question with them is a day-to-day struggle for existence, and not a method by which they may procure an annuity in old age. 1912 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 Dec. 624/2 What is wanted is only such a day-to-day record as will furnish information of value as to the incidence of disease. 1963 Higher Educ.: Rep. Comm. under Ld. Robbins 220 in Parl. Papers 1962–3 (Cmnd. 2154) XI. 639 The day-to-day conduct of policy must rest with the heads of institutions. 1989 D. Judd Give Sorrow Words i. 7 This nuclear age has an effect that must further alter our attitudes; even though, on the surface, we tend to ignore the threat on a day-to-day basis. 2010 Sunday Herald 7 Feb. (Review section) 15/4 He was the head writer, responsible for the day-to-day production of the programme. b. Of an everyday character; ordinary; commonplace. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > of no special quality > commonplace commona1382 ordinarc1400 plainc1430 famosec1449 famous1528 vulgar1580 ordinary1590 undistinguished1600 indistinguished1608 commonplace1616 unremarkable1628 irremarkable1635 bread and cheese1643 incurious1747 ordinary-looking1798 routine1826 indistinctive1846 common-seeming1857 bread-and-butterish1893 bread-and-buttery1893 timeworn1901 day-to-day1919 vanilla1972 standard1977 1919 Assoc. Men May 683/1 Finally her experiences all had been told, story-like... Only day-to-day things went unmentioned. 1919 House & Garden Aug. 16/1 [Collecting] begins in the accumulation of ordinary day-to-day objects. 1952 D. Thomas Let. 10 Sept. (1987) 839 I'm in a quite desperate position, even to a few pounds, and day-to-day wants & needs. 1973 R. T. Way Bicycle 63/2 For normal day-to-day riding, a small saddlebag is all that is needed. 2003 New Yorker 28 July 38/1 On the street in St. Petersburg, I'm in ordinary, day-to-day reality and in heightened, extra-vivid, literary reality simultaneously. 2. Finance (now chiefly U.S.). Designating or relating to money lent (usually by one bank to another) for a single business day. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adjective] > occupying one day daylongeOE diurnec1386 diurnalc1430 one-day1583 nuchthemerinal1677 all-day1794 day-to-day1870 intra-day1972 1870 Western Mail 19 Sept. 4/2 Day-to-day loans on Consols could be readily obtained at about 2 per cent. 1924 Economica 12 292 Ordinarily the lowest rate is paid for day-to-day money. 1936 Econ. Jrnl. 46 272 Occasional gaps between cash available and cash required are closed by day-to-day loans, which play a very considerable part in the Tokyo market. 1977 Financial Times 5 Jan. 32 Day-to-day credit was in short supply. 2003 Vienna Yearbk. Pop. Res. 1 49 Interest rates for day to day money (call money). B. adv. On each day in succession; on a daily basis. Also: one day at a time without consideration for the future; on an immediate or short-term basis. Cf. earlier from (also fro) day to day at day n. Phrases 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adverb] daiwhomlyOE adaya1200 day for dayc1386 day by dayc1390 daily1416 quotidianlya1438 quotidiallyc1475 per diem1485 journally1554 diurnally1599 day after day1830 day-to-day1928 1928 Hawarden (Iowa) Independent 15 Mar. 1/3 She carried to the very end the strong, radiant and cheerful spirit with which she met life day to day. 1949 Hoover Comm. Rep. on Organization Executive Branch of Govt. vii. 165 The entire Department lives day-to-day, and policies tend to be determined in terms of short-range decisions. 1959 H. Zinn LaGuardia in Congr. v. 56 Ordinary working people did not share the prosperity of the time and went about their mundane lives day to day never free from ‘the long arm of the job.’ 1990 F. Dannen Hit Men (1991) iv. 82 He no longer dealt with records day to day, but had a vague job that paid well but signified little. 2009 J. M. Dawsey Masters & Savages x. 80 In my city of Mali, there once was a beggar who lived day to day on whatever alms were given him. C. n. With the. That which occurs day-to-day; ordinary or commonplace things collectively; everyday routine.Sometimes with the implication of dullness or banality. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > usualness > that which is commonplace > collectively commonplace1732 day-to-day1965 1965 A. Wright Henry Fielding v. 173 Fielding's versatility exhibits the choice of a false world in which festivity is the hallmark of civilization founded on but superior to the squalor of the day-to-day. 1988 S. Rushdie Satanic Verses (1998) 216 The return of the butterflies lifted many spirits, but when the expected wonders failed to materialize the locals sank back, little by little, into the insufficiency of the day-to-day. 1998 R. Gunesekera Sandglass x. 225 Who can afford to care about the next world now..? Before spiritual survival you've got to handle the day-to-day. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 25 Apr. a12/1 What's going on in Rome doesn't affect the day-to-day so much. Derivatives ˌday-to-ˈdayness n. ΚΠ 1918 Judge 20 July The thrill of being mystified, being neatly lifted outside his humdrum day-to-dayness. 1962 Prairie Schooner 36 353 He was settling into a kind of predictable day-to-dayness that had no reward save the pleasure of the warm shower he promised himself each evening and put off until as late as possible. 2002 D. Ake Jazz Cultures Pref. p. ix Supremely inspiring rehearsals, gigs, and recording sessions with like-minded players..redeemed the tedious day-to-dayness of subsistence living. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.n.1861
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