ordinary
A person with authorityA person with authority; authority, ordinance.: A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.
» He's just an ordinary office worker.
Он - простой офисный служащий.
Він звичайний офісний працівник.
Він лише звичайний офісний працівник.
Meaning
14 sensesA person with authority; authority, ordinance.
A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.
A judge with the authority to deal with cases himself or herself rather than by delegation.
(historical)The chaplain of Newgate prison, who prepared condemned prisoners for death.
a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
Something ordinary or regular.
(historical)A meal provided for a set price at an eating establishment.
One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess.
Heroldsbild
An ordinary person or thing; something commonplace.
(Ireland, Scotland)The usual course of things; normal condition or health; a standard way of behaviour or action.
(historical)A penny farthing bicycle.
A part of the Christian liturgy that is reasonably constant without regard to the date on which the service is performed.
A book setting out ordinary or regular conduct.
(especially)A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of a liturgy, especially of Mass.
A person with authority; authority, ordinance.
(obsolete)A courier; someone delivering mail or post.
Something ordinary or regular.
(obsolete)Customary fare, one's regular daily allowance of food; (hence) a regular portion or allowance.
Examples
316 sentencesHe's just an ordinary office worker.
Він звичайний офісний працівник.
ruОн - простой офисный служащий.
Tom is an ordinary-looking guy.
У Тома пересічна зовнішність.
I don't expect anything out of the ordinary to happen.
Я не очікую, що трапиться щось незвичайне.
Tom is just an ordinary man.
Том усього-навсього пересічний чоловік.
He's just an ordinary student.
Він просто звичайний студент.
ruОн просто обычный студент.
deEr ist nur ein gewöhnlicher Schüler.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Anglo-Norman ordenarie, ordenaire et al., Middle French ordinaire, and their source,From Anglo-Norman ordenarie, ordenaire et al., Middle French ordinaire, and their source, Medieval Latin ordinarius, noun use of Latin ōrdinārius (“regular, orderly”), from ōrdō (“order”).
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Forms
plural: ordinaries| Singular | ordinary |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel:ordinary bicycle
Collocations
9 patterns- of the ordinary
- an an ordinary
- the ordinary happened
- is no ordinary
- an ordinary man
- ordinary happened
- no ordinary
- ordinary man
- ordinary guy