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Definition of day-to-day adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

day-to-day

adjective
 
/ˌdeɪ tə ˈdeɪ/
 
/ˌdeɪ tə ˈdeɪ/
 [only before noun]
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  1. planning for only one day at a time
    • I have organized the cleaning on a day-to-day basis, until our usual cleaner returns.
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  2. involving the usual events or tasks of each day
    • She has been looking after the day-to-day running of the school.
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    • Most of the training was not relevant to their day-to-day work.
    • The day-to-day experience of dealing with difficult people develops the skills of tact and diplomacy.
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