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daily
English
Alternative forms
- dayly (archaic)
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?li, IPA(key): /?de?li/
- Rhymes: -e?li
Etymology 1
From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæ?l??, from Proto-Germanic *dagal?kaz (“daily”), equivalent to day +? -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”).
Adjective
daily (not comparable)
- That occurs every day, or at least every working day
- 1831, Thomas Babington Macaulay, John Bunyan
- Bunyan has told us […] that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands.
- 1831, Thomas Babington Macaulay, John Bunyan
- diurnal, by daylight, as opposed to nightly
Synonyms
- journal (obsolete)
- quotidian
Derived terms
- daily bread
- daily double
Translations
Noun
daily (plural dailies)
- Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
- A newspaper that is published every day.
- (Britain) A cleaner who comes in daily.
- (Britain, slang) A daily disposable.
- (video games) A quest in a massively multiplayer online game that can be repeated every day for cumulative rewards.
- (US, automotive, colloquial) A daily driver.
Synonyms
- (cleaner who comes daily): daily help, daily maid (woman only)
- (newspaper published every day): daily paper
Translations
Verb
daily
- (US, automotive, colloquial) To drive an automobile frequently, on a daily basis, for regular and mundane tasks.
Etymology 2
From Middle English dayly, from Old English *dæ?l??e (found only as dæ?hw?ml??e), equivalent to day +? -ly.
Adverb
daily (not comparable)
- quotidianly, every day
- diurnally, by daylight
Translations
See also
- annual
- everyday
- hebdomadal
- monthly
- nightly
- quotidian
- weekly
- yearly
Anagrams
- Lydia, lydia, ylaid
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common
English
Etymology
From Middle English comun, from Anglo-Norman comun, from Old French comun (rare in the Gallo-Romance languages, but reinforced as a Carolingian calque of Proto-West Germanic *gemeini, gamaini (“common”) in Old French), from Latin comm?nis (“common, public, general”), from Proto-Indo-European *?om-moy-ni- (“held in common”). Displaced native Middle English imene, ?em?ne (“common, general, universal”) (from Old English ?em?ne (“common, universal”)), Middle English mene, m?ne (“mean, common”) (also from Old English ?em?ne (“common, universal”)), Middle English samen, somen (“in common, together”) (from Old English samen (“together”)). Doublet of gmina.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?m'?n, IPA(key): /?k?m?n/
- (General American) enPR: k?m'?n, IPA(key): /?k?m?n/
- (obsolete) enPR: k?m'?n, IPA(key): /?k?m?n/
- Rhymes: -?m?n
- Hyphenation: com?mon
Adjective
common (comparative commoner or more common, superlative commonest or most common)
- Mutual; shared by more than one.
- Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
- Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
- ' Commoner' used to be commoner, but 'more common' is now more common.
- Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
- 1893, Florian Cajori, A History of Mathematics
- If it be asked wherein the utility of some modern extensions of mathematics lies, it must be acknowledged that it is at present difficult to see how they are ever to become applicable to questions of common life or physical science.
- 1768, Arthur Murphy, Zenobia
- above the vulgar flight of common souls
- She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
- 1893, Florian Cajori, A History of Mathematics
- (grammar) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine categories of nouns.
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
- Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.
- (obsolete) Profane; polluted.
- (obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.
Synonyms
- (mutual): mutual, shared; see also Thesaurus:joint
- (usual): normal, ordinary, standard, usual; see also Thesaurus:common
- (occurring in large numbers or in a large quantity): widespread; see also Thesaurus:widespread
- (ordinary): common-or-garden, everyday; see also Thesaurus:normal
- (grammar, gender of coalescence of masculine of feminine): epicene
- (grammar, antonym of proper): appellative
- (vernacular): common parlance
Antonyms
- (mutual): personal, individual, peculiar; see also Thesaurus:sole
- (usual): special, exceptional, rare, uncommon; see also Thesaurus:strange
- (occurring in large numbers or in a large quantity): rare, uncommon, few and far between
- (ordinary): exceptional, extraordinary, noteworthy, special
- (vernacular): technical term
See also
- (grammar, gender of coalescence of masculine of feminine): feminine, masculine, neuter
Translations
Noun
common (plural commons)
- Mutual good, shared by more than one.
- A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
- The people; the community.
- (law) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
Translations
Verb
common (third-person singular simple present commons, present participle commoning, simple past and past participle commoned)
- (obsolete) To communicate (something).
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans, Bible, Luke XXII:
- Then entred Satan into Judas, whose syr name was iscariot (which was of the nombre off the twelve) and he went his waye, and commened with the hye prestes and officers, how he wolde betraye hym vnto them.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans, Bible, Luke XXII:
- (obsolete) To converse, talk.
- 1568-1569, Richard Grafton, Chronicle
- Capitaine generall of Flaunders, which amiably enterteyned the sayd Duke, and after they had secretly commoned of.
- 1568-1569, Richard Grafton, Chronicle
- (obsolete) To have sex.
- (obsolete) To participate.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas More to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To board together; to eat at a table in common.
Derived terms
References
- common at OneLook Dictionary Search
- common in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- common in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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