ordinary
Having regular jurisdictionHaving regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
» He's just an ordinary office worker.
Он - простой офисный служащий. — soniamiku
Він звичайний офісний працівник. — deniko
Він лише звичайний офісний працівник. — deniko
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4 sensesHaving regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
On an ordinary day I wake up at nine o'clock, work for six hours, and then go to the gym.
gewöhnlich, normal
обыкнове́нныйobyknovénnyj, обы́чныйobýčnyj
звича́йнийzvyčájnyj, зви́чнийzvýčnyj
Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory.
I live a very ordinary life most of the time, but every year I spend a week in Antarctica.
He looked so ordinary, I never thought he'd be capable of murder.
обыкнове́нныйobyknovénnyj
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, informal)Bad or undesirable.
- not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
- lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
Examples
316 sentencesHe's just an ordinary office worker.
Він звичайний офісний працівник. — deniko
ruОн - простой офисный служащий. — soniamiku
Tom is an ordinary-looking guy.
У Тома пересічна зовнішність. — deniko
I don't expect anything out of the ordinary to happen.
Я не очікую, що трапиться щось незвичайне. — deniko
Tom is just an ordinary man.
Том усього-навсього пересічний чоловік. — deniko
He's just an ordinary student.
Він просто звичайний студент. — deniko
ruОн просто обычный студент. — odexed
deEr ist nur ein gewöhnlicher Schüler. — Yorwba
Translations
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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
more ordinary, most ordinary| Comparative | more ordinary Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most ordinary Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
103 synonyms- lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered:average
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.