ordinary
US /ˈɔrdəˌnɛri/
adjective Core · B1 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
It was an ordinary day at the office until the power failed.
Word Family
NounNoun
ordinary gốc
ordinariness
VerbVerb
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AdjectiveAdj
ordinary gốc
AdverbAdv
ordinarily
Synonyms
- normalsomething regarded as a normative example
- commona piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- conventionalfollowing accepted customs and proprieties
Collocations
- Easy ordinary peopledescribing ordinary people (a judge of a probate court)
- Medium during ordinary business hoursthroughout the duration or course of ordinary business hours
- Hard ordinary shares dividenddescribing ordinary shares dividend (a judge of a probate court)
- Very Hard out of the ordinary eventto out of the ordinary event, meaning to to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
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