# daily

Pronunciation: say "DAY-lee" /ˈdeɪli/

## Adjective

1. Describing something that happens, is done, or appears regularly each day, or on every working day, as a repeated event.
   - Simple: Happening every day, or at least on every workday.
   - _The company publishes a daily summary of stock prices._
   - _Doctors recommend a daily dose of the medication for two weeks._
3. Measured or worked out for the span of one day, or concerning a single day; reckoned per day.
   - Simple: Counted or worked out for one day, or about a single day.
   - _The contractor charges a daily rate of $400, plus materials._
   - _Average daily ridership on the subway fell by a third over the summer._

## Adverb

2. Every day; on each successive day.
   - Simple: On every day, each day without missing one.
   - _The medication must be taken daily for the treatment to work._
   - _The newspaper is delivered daily to its subscribers._

## Noun

4. A publication, such as a newspaper or comic strip, that appears every day or every weekday.
   - Simple: A newspaper or comic strip that comes out every day or every weekday.
   - _The city's largest daily endorsed the candidate before the election._
   - _He syndicated his comic strip to over a hundred dailies._
5. A thing produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
   - Simple: Something you make, use, or do every day.
   - _At the end of each shift, the site supervisor files a daily listing the crew's hours, deliveries, and any safety problems._
   - _Each branch office mailed in its daily, a one-page summary of the policies written that day._
6. In filmmaking, raw, unedited footage, traditionally processed overnight so the cast and crew could watch it the following day. *(US)*
   - Simple: Raw, unedited footage from a day's filming, traditionally watched by the cast and crew the next day.
   - _The director studied the dailies each evening to track continuity._
   - _When the cast gathered to screen the dailies, the director spotted a boom microphone dipping into several shots._
7. A vehicle driven every day for ordinary travel, as distinct from one reserved for special use. *(colloquial, US)*
   - Simple: A car that someone drives every day for normal trips.
   - _She bought a reliable sedan to use as her daily._
   - _Restoring the classic meant he needed a separate daily for the commute._
9. A quest in an online multiplayer game that players can repeat once each day for accumulating rewards.
   - Simple: A game task you can do once each day to earn rewards over time.
   - _Most players knock out their dailies before raiding at night._
   - _Today's daily only asks you to gather ten herbs, but the reward still counts toward the weekly bonus chest._
10. A domestic cleaner who comes to a household every day. *(UK)*
   - Simple: A house cleaner who comes to work every day.
   - _The family's daily arrived at eight to start on the kitchen._
   - _After her hip surgery, she relied on a daily for the housework._
11. A contact lens designed to be worn for a single day and then thrown away. *(informal)*
   - Simple: A contact lens that you wear for one day and then throw away.
   - _He switched to dailies after struggling with cleaning solutions._
   - _A daily is more convenient for someone who only wears lenses occasionally._

## Verb

8. To drive a particular car every day for routine, everyday tasks rather than saving it for special occasions. *(colloquial, US)*
   - Simple: To drive a car every day for normal trips like work and errands.
   - _She dailies a small electric car to save on gas._
   - _Most collectors would never daily a car that rare, but she drives hers to the office every morning._

## Adjective

12. Occurring or available during daylight; diurnal rather than nocturnal. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Happening in the daytime, when it is light outside.

## Other meanings

- (adverb) During the hours of daylight; in the daytime rather than at night.

## Origin

**Meanings 1, 3–12** — From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, going back to Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), essentially day plus -ly. It is related to Dutch dagelijks, German täglich, Danish daglig, and Swedish daglig.
**Meaning 2** — Formed as day plus -ly, it goes back through Middle English dayly to an Old English *dæġlīċe, which is found only in the form dæġhwāmlīċe.

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