Meaning & use
daily basis
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Meaning
phrasefixed phrase
The regular pattern of something happening each day, used to say how often an action occurs or is done.
Grammar: Used after 'on' to describe frequency: she checks the tank on a daily basis.
Patterns
- do something on a daily basis
- on a daily basis
Nurses on this ward deal with emergencies on a daily basis.
He takes the medicine on a daily basis, always before breakfast.
We hear complaints about the noise on a daily basis.
Common combinations
- on a daily basis
- The team updates the website on a daily basis.
- deal with something on a daily basis
- Teachers deal with unexpected problems on a daily basis.
- use something on a daily basis
- I use this app on a daily basis to track my spending.
- on a more-or-less daily basis
- The bus is late on a more-or-less daily basis.
- monitored on a daily basis
- Water quality is monitored on a daily basis.
Synonyms and how they differ
- daily
- Shorter and more natural in speech; 'on a daily basis' stresses the regular routine and sounds a bit more formal.
- every day
- Plainer and more conversational, and it does not suggest an organized schedule the way 'daily basis' can.
- day to day
- Describes how things go from one day to the next and can suggest change, whereas 'daily basis' simply states how often.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: daily basis or daily?
daily basis vs daily
'Daily' is a single word that can stand alone (a daily walk); 'daily basis' needs a preposition, as in 'on a daily basis'.
Practice
Which sentence uses the phrase correctly?
Choose one answer.
The fixed phrase is 'on a daily basis'. The other prepositions are not used with this expression.
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