diary

[ dahy-uh-ree ]

noun

, plural di·a·ries.

1. a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.

   Synonyms: chronicle, log, daybook, journal

2. a book for keeping such a record.

   Synonyms: chronicle, log, daybook, journal

3. a book or pad containing pages marked and arranged in calendar order, in which to note appointments and the like.

diary

/ ˈdaɪərɪ /

noun

1. a personal record of daily events, appointments, observations, etc
2. a book for keeping such a record

Word History and Origins

Origin of diary¹

1575–85; < Latin diārium daily allowance, journal, equivalent to di ( ēs ) day + -ārium -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of diary¹

C16: from Latin diārium daily allocation of food or money, journal, from diēs day

Example Sentences

Like an undercover operative, Graham Greene mined his diaries, letters and interviews with misinformation to foil literary snoops.

From Washington Post

There are other methods of teasing out social connectivity beyond diaries and cellphone data.

From Singularity Hub 

There are other methods of teasing out social connectivity beyond diaries and cell-phone data.

From MIT Technology Review

All along, she has made videos at home, which feel like a diary of her pain and endurance.

From Vox

A nice notebook or diary is a great gift for just about anyone.

From Popular-Science

Her experiences are recorded in a prison diary in which she has visions that have significance for the whole community.

From The Daily Beast

She and her family arrived in Lebanon on Oct. 17, 2012, at 1:34 p.m.—she marked it in her diary.

From The Daily Beast

Here, again, Angleton comes into the picture: In exchange for the diary, he promised Ben and Tony, he would destroy it.

From The Daily Beast

In Berlin, Princess Blucher wrote in her diary, “Nothing is talked of but the expected entry into Paris.”

From The Daily Beast

In his new book, ‘OZ Diary,’ Zahm explores 10 years of his life and art.

From The Daily Beast

My memory is well stored, but unfortunately I have never kept a diary or commonplace book of any kind.

From Project Gutenberg

Confiding these matters to his "Diary" and keeping his own opinion, Mr. Adams passed on to Philadelphia.

From Project Gutenberg

This was noticeable in many ways, among others his passion for keeping a diary.

From Project Gutenberg

About the close of the seventies Tchaikovsky started a new diary, which he kept for about ten years.

From Project Gutenberg

Things which he never had set down in his diary—things which he did not tell to any one save his few friends.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• account
• journal
• log
• notebook