everyday
pronunciation
How to pronounce everyday in British English:
UK [ˈevrideɪ]
How to pronounce everyday in American English:
US [ˈevrideɪ]
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- Adjective:
- found in the ordinary course of events
- suited for everyday use
- commonplace and ordinary
Word Origin
- everyday (adj.)
- 1630s, "worn on ordinary days," as opposed to Sundays or high days, from noun meaning "a week day" (late 14c.), from every (adj.) + day (n.). Extended sense of "to be met with every day, common" is from 1763.
Example
- 1. What do you fear in your everyday life ?
- 2. This information confronts us in everyday life .
- 3. But with the abundance of self-tracking tools now on offer , everyday changes can become the material of careful study .
- 4. Psychological research backs up the everyday intuition that excuses and denials just irritate others .
- 5. Better everyday policing should have accompanied the elite anti-drug spearhead .