everyday

«everyday» in Mova's school dictionary: usual or ordinary, used or done all the time, like… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (everyday)

meaning for a pupil

1) Everyday means usual or ordinary, used or done all the time, like everyday clothes. tree →

2) «Every day» (two words) means each day. tree →

sense in the lessons

maths: ordinary things in a story; the two words «every day» give a daily rate (total = daily amount × days); everyday maths: shopping, time and money; school: everyday objects in science; everyday life: everyday jobs like brushing your teeth

examples

• She wears her everyday shoes. tree →
• Math is used in everyday life. tree →
• He reads 20 pages every day. tree →
• Everyday items cost less. tree →
• Brushing your teeth is an everyday job. tree →
• We use everyday objects in the science test. tree →
• I walk the dog every day. tree →

note

«Everyday» carries no number, but «every day» means per day: total = daily amount × days. Trap: tell the one word from the two words: if you can say «each day», write two words. A week has 7 days.

In the corpora

• Small AI programs hide in everyday things, such as phone cameras that sharpen photos and blur backgrounds.
• Foley artists make everyday sounds like footsteps and rustling in a studio and match them to the film.
• Frogs are odd in everyday ways too.
• Most words on the list are common in everyday writing, not rare hard words.
• Very formal writing says "by whom?"; in everyday talk "by who?" is normal.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «everyday» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.