diary

[dahy-uh-ree]

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noun, plural di·a·ries.

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

a book for keeping such a record.

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

Origin of diary

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

Can be confuseddairy diary

Synonyms for diary

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1, 2. journal, daybook, log, chronicle.

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Examples from the Web for diary

She and her family arrived in Lebanon on Oct. 17, 2012, at 1:34 p.m.—she marked it in her diary.
Drawing on the Memories of Syrian Women|Masha Hamilton|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Here, again, Angleton comes into the picture: In exchange for the diary, he promised Ben and Tony, he would destroy it.
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In Berlin, Princess Blucher wrote in her diary, “Nothing is talked of but the expected entry into Paris.”
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In July, as she published her latest book, Diary of a Mad Diva, she walked out of a CNN interview.
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But on the day he died, she wrote a single word in her diary: paradeisos, the Greek word for paradise.
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In this past year's diary is there any precious day noted on which you have made a new friend?
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But when the 1st of June arrived, he noted in his diary that he fasted all day and attended the appointed services.
George Washington, Vol. I|Henry Cabot Lodge
I dried my diary 143 and entered the notes which form the contents of this chapter.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2)|Sven Hedin
But we confess that we should be glad to know from which section of the Diary the objectionable matter has been expunged.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66, No. 408, January 1849|Various
Now there is no human failing upon which we look with more affectionate lenience than that of keeping a diary.
Mince PieAuthor: Christopher Darlington MorleyRelease Date: October 10, 2004 [eBook #13694]|Christopher Darlington Morley

British Dictionary definitions for diary

diary

noun plural -ries

a personal record of daily events, appointments, observations, etc

a book for keeping such a record

Word Origin for diary

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

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Word Origin and History for diary

1580s, from Latin diarium "daily allowance," later "a journal," neuter of diarius "daily," from dies "day" (see diurnal); also see -ary. Earliest sense was a daily record of events; sense of the book in which such are written is said to be first attested in Ben Jonson's "Volpone" (1605).

diary

noun, plural di·a·ries.

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