dailies
dailies Lexical Profile
dailies Game Scores & Validity
• noun
In filmmaking and television production, the raw, unedited footage shot during a single day, typically синхроnized with sound and viewed by the director, producers, and crew before the next day's filming begins.
"The director stayed late in the screening room to review the dailies and make sure they had captured every angle of the stunt."
Newspapers or periodicals that are published every day, or every day except Sunday.
"Many major metropolitan dailies have shifted their primary focus from print editions to digital subscriptions."
In video games, recurring quests, challenges, or tasks that reset every twenty-four hours and reward players for regular participation.
"She logs into the game for half an hour every evening just to complete her dailies and collect the bonus currency."
British Domestic workers or cleaners who come to work at a house each day but do not live on the premises.
"During the mid-twentieth century, several neighborhood women worked as dailies for the large townhouses along the square."
Word Nuance & Usage
While 'dailies' is the standard plural of the noun 'daily' (such as daily newspapers), in the film and television industry it is used specifically as a plural-form noun to refer to the raw, unedited footage shot during a single day and reviewed the next.