day by day

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Adverb

day by day (comparative more day by day, superlative most day by day)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: one day at a time.

   He tore the page for Thursday from his day by day calendar.

   Wimbledon's press office produces a day by day summary of the day's play.

   • 1995, “Day by Day”, in Jesus Freak, performed by dc Talk:

     These three things I do pray, day by day.

2. gradually

   Day by day things got worse.

Related terms

• month by month

Translations

one day at a time

• Armenian: օրեցօր (hy) (ōrecʻōr)
• Korean: 날마다 (nalmada)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: dag for dag

• Udi: гъибагъи (ɣibaɣi)
• Welsh: dydd yn ei ddydd

gradually

• Finnish: päivä päivältä
• French: de jour en jour (fr)
• Greek: μέρα με τη μέρα (el) (méra me ti méra)
• Polish: z dnia na dzień (pl)
• Tamil: நாளுக்குநாள் (ta) (nāḷukkunāḷ)
• Welsh: dydd yn ei ddydd

Further reading

• “day by day”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “day by day”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “day by day” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.