daily
gb/dˈeɪli/ us/dˈeɪli/
A2
English
~ 2300
Senses
0 senses
adjective
A2
property
1
Happening once each day
Happening or done each day.
Usage pattern:
[something] is daily
Common mistake:
Learners sometimes confuse 'daily' with 'everyday'; 'everyday' as one word often means 'ordinary', not 'each day'.
Synonyms
everyday (Often means common or usual, but can overlap when describing something that happens each day.)
Antonyms
occasional (Describes something that happens from time to time, not every day.)
Collocations
daily routine
|daily life
|daily basis
|daily activities
|daily news
Themes
daily life
|time
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Examples
- She goes for a daily walk in the park.
- The newspaper publishes daily updates.
- Daily exercise can improve your health.
- I check my email on a daily basis.
- They follow a strict daily schedule.
Learner examples
- I drink tea daily.
- We have class daily.
- He runs daily.
- She reads the news daily.
adverb
A2
relation
2
Once a day
One time each day.
Usage pattern:
do [something] daily
Common mistake:
Learners may confuse 'daily' with 'everyday'; 'daily' is more formal or concise, especially in writing.
Synonyms
every day (Two words; more common in informal speech, but same meaning.)
Antonyms
rarely (Means not often, opposite of happening every day.)
Collocations
meet daily
|check daily
|practice daily
Themes
daily life
|time
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Examples
- He takes the bus daily to work.
- I write in my journal daily.
- The shop is open daily from 9 to 6.
- We speak on the phone daily.
Learner examples
- I eat rice daily.
- She calls her mother daily.
- They work daily.
- We walk the dog daily.
Noun
B1
entity
3
Newspaper published every day
A newspaper printed every day.
Usage pattern:
read the daily
Common mistake:
Learners may not realize this noun form is less common in conversation and mostly used in journalism contexts.
Synonyms
newspaper (General term; not necessarily published every day.)
Antonyms
weekly (A publication that comes out once a week.)
Collocations
local daily
|national daily
|morning daily
Themes
media
|news
|communication
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Examples
- He works for the local daily.
- The national daily reported the election results.
- I buy the morning daily from the station kiosk.
Learner examples
- I read the daily every morning.
- He works at a daily.
- She writes for a big daily.
- The daily has many stories.
Grammar
Dictionary form
daily
IPA
GB/dˈeɪli/
US/dˈeɪli/
Syllables & stress
daily (1 syllable)
Stress on 1st syllable (daily)
Word forms
Adjective
- Base: daily
Noun
- Base: daily
- Plural: dailies
Word family
Expressions
go about your daily business
1/ɡˈoʊ əbˈaʊt jˈʊɹ dˈeɪli bˈɪznɪs/
fixed phrase
Continue normal everyday activities
To keep doing your usual everyday tasks.
Examples
- People went about their daily business despite the rain.
- She quietly went about her daily business after the meeting.
daily grind
1/dˈeɪli ɡɹˈaɪnd/
idiom
ordinary routine of hard, dull work
Your normal life of work or study that is hard and not very exciting.
Examples
- She escaped the daily grind by moving to a small town and working online.
- After the holidays, everyone returned to the daily grind.
- He enjoys the daily grind of running his own cafe.
daily grind
2/dˈeɪli ɡɹˈaɪnd/
idiom
informal
Boring everyday work routine
The regular, boring, and tiring part of everyday work or life.
Examples
- He wanted to escape the daily grind and travel the world.
- The vacation was a break from the daily grind.
on a daily basis
1/ˈɔn ə dˈeɪli bˈeɪsɪs/
fixed phrase
every day regularly
Happening every day in a regular way.
Examples
- I exercise on a daily basis.
- She checks her email on a daily basis.
on a daily basis
2/ˈɔn ə dˈeɪli bˈeɪsɪs/
fixed phrase
Happening every day regularly
Happening every day as part of a routine.
Examples
- She exercises on a daily basis to stay healthy.
- We check the system on a daily basis for errors.