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 Definitions of ordinary  [ˈɔr dnˌɛr i]  

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Definition of 'ordinary' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) ordinary
of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional.

2.  ordinary
plain or undistinguished.

3.  ordinary
somewhat inferior or below average; mediocre.

4.  ordinary
customary; usual; normal.

5.  ordinary
(of jurisdiction) immediate, as contrasted with that which is delegated.

6.  ordinary
(of officials) belonging to the regular staff or the fully recognized class.

7. (n.) ordinary
the commonplace or average condition, degree, etc.:
ability far above the ordinary.

8.  ordinary
something regular, customary, or usual.

9.  ordinary
the service of the Mass exclusive of the proper.

10.  ordinary
(formerly, in England) a member of the clergy appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death.

11.  ordinary
a bishop, archbishop, or other ecclesiastic or his deputy, in his capacity as an ex officio ecclesiastical authority.

12.  ordinary
(in some U.S. states) a judge of a court of probate.

13.  ordinary
Brit. a complete meal at a restaurant or inn with all courses included at one fixed price.

14.  ordinary
a restaurant, public house, or dining room serving all customers the same standard meal or fare.

15.  ordinary
a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.

16.  ordinary
a simple, common heraldic charge, as the chevron.

17.  ordinary
unusual.

18.  ordinary
unusually good.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME < L ōrdinārius regular, of the usual order. See order)

Definition of 'ordinary' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) ordinary
a judge of a probate court

2. (noun) ordinary
the expected or commonplace condition or situation
"not out of the ordinary"

3. (noun) ordinary
a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death

4. (noun) ordinary, ordinary bicycle
an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

5. (adj) ordinary
(heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields

6. (adj) ordinary
not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
"ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"

7. (adj) average, ordinary
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
"average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"


Definition of 'ordinary' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) ordinary
normal or usual, not special or different
an ordinary day at work

2.  ordinary
out of the ordinary
unusual or special
Nothing out of the ordinary had happened.

3.  ordinary
neither good nor bad; = average
a very ordinary meal


Translation of 'ordinary' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: usual; normal
She was behaving in a perfectly ordinary manner.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: alledaags, gewoon, normaa Arabic flag Arabic: عادي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: нормален
Brazilian flag Brazilian: comum Czech flag Czech: obvyklý, normální German flag German: normal
Danish flag Danish: sædvanlig; normal Greek flag Greek: συνηθισμένος, κανονικός Spanish flag Spanish: ordinario, común, normal
Estonian flag Estonian: tavaline Farsi flag Farsi: عادی؛ معمول Finnish flag Finnish: tavallinen
French flag French: ordinaire, normal Hebrew flag Hebrew: רָגִיל Hindi flag Hindi: साधारण
Croatian flag Croatian: običan, uobičajen Hungarian flag Hungarian: szokásos Indonesian flag Indonesian: biasa
Icelandic flag Icelandic: vanalegur, eðlilegur Italian flag Italian: ordinario, normale Japanese flag Japanese: 通常の
Korean flag Korean: 평범한, 일상적인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įprastas, paprastas, eili Latvian flag Latvian: parasts; ikdienišķs
Malay flag Malay: biasa Dutch flag Dutch: gewoon Norwegian flag Norwegian: vanlig, normal
Polish flag Polish: zwykły Persian flag Persian: عادی؛ معمول Pashto flag Pashto: عادى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: comum Romanian flag Romanian: obişnuit, normal Russian flag Russian: обычный
Slovak flag Slovak: obvyklý, normálny Slovenian flag Slovenian: navaden Serbian flag Serbian: običan
Swedish flag Swedish: vanlig, alldaglig Thai flag Thai: ปกติ Turkish flag Turkish: olağan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 平常的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: звичний, звичайний Urdu flag Urdu: عام، معمول کے مطابق
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bình thường Chinese flag Chinese: 平常的

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