Collocations for "ordinary"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "ordinary" in context.
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ordinary
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- (just) an ordinary [worker, citizen, person, man, woman, child]
- an ordinary [meeting, event, occurrence]
- it is (not) ordinary to [see, hear, witness]
- what you [saw] is not ordinary
- [meet, find, come across] ordinary people
- [has, is on] an ordinary [salary, wage, income]
- [issue, own, sell] ordinary shares
- [lead, have, seek, have] an ordinary life
- was wearing ordinary clothes
- is just an ordinary everyday [chair, phone, occurance]
- it is not just [any, an] ordinary [hotel, girl, party, shirt, school]
- (this) is not your ordinary [hotel]
- just [a plain, your average], ordinary citizen
- the ordinary course of [action, business]
- in the ordinary [course, run] of [events, things]
- was nothing out of the ordinary
- didn't [do, say] anything out of the ordinary
- [that's] not anything out of the ordinary for him
- is a bit out of the ordinary for her
- her [style, fashion, opinion] is a little out of the ordinary
- are not expecting anything out of the ordinary
- elevated [far, way] above the ordinary
- is a [notch, cut] above the ordinary
'ordinary' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):