ordinary meaning

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ordinary
adjective
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/ˈɔː.dən.əri/us
/ˈɔːr.dən.er.i/
not different or special or unexpected in any ...
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meaning
noun
uk
/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/us
/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/
The meaning of something is what it expresses ...
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(Definition ofordinaryandmeaningfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofordinary meaning

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We do not think it necessary to provide a statutory definition of the phrase "organised games"; it will have itsordinarymeaning.
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If that is not a charge of persistent irrelevance, it is very difficult to attach anyordinarymeaningto ordinary words.
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Again, theordinarymeaningwould be perfectly clear.
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He said that we take "ballot" in itsordinarymeaning, which is "a written vote".
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On theordinarymeaningof the words, when works are begun to bring a mine back into operation it must cease to be abandoned.
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Legislation must have some regard for theordinarymeaningof the words that it employs.
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The word bears itsordinarymeaningof injure or wear out, secretly, insidiously or imperceptibly.
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The best bet must be to rely on theordinarymeaningof a word that people well understand.
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It may be surplus to requirements, but it does not fall within theordinarymeaningof "exchange".
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Very well—that the expectation of happiness is to be equated with amenities within theordinarymeaningof the common law.
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The term certainly does not, in my opinion, in itsordinarymeaning, include the professional and technical branches.
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I do not think that is theordinarymeaningof it.
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This is what most people think of as theordinarymeaningof a recommended price.
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Another example is "made available to the public" and where we add to theordinarymeaningof things which are obviously not made available.
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We believe that computer storage of works is caught by theordinarymeaningof the words.
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It may be necessary to consider theordinarymeaningof the word "supplied".
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No doubt they shrank from the contradictions which they had to introduce into theordinarymeaningof words.
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I have used the word "exemption" in its moreordinarymeaning.
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I submit that is theordinarymeaningof language.
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The use of this term in economic arguments seems to me particularly dangerous because the word has anordinarymeaning.
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