Definition of "day-to-day" in English

adjective

1. Ordinary, mundane, or everyday.

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

2. Happening every day, everyday.

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

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

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

adverb

1. On a daily basis.

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

noun

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

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