diary

[ dahy-uh-ree ]

/ ˈdaɪ ə ri /

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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.

OTHER WORDS FOR diary

1, 2 journal, daybook, log, chronicle.

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Origin of diary

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH diary

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How to use diary in a sentence

Like an undercover operative, Graham Greene mined his diaries, letters and interviews with misinformation to foil literary snoops.
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There are other methods of teasing out social connectivity beyond diaries and cellphone data.
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There are other methods of teasing out social connectivity beyond diaries and cell-phone data.
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All along, she has made videos at home, which feel like a diary of her pain and endurance.
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A nice notebook or diary is a great gift for just about anyone.
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Her experiences are recorded in a prison diary in which she has visions that have significance for the whole community.
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She and her family arrived in Lebanon on Oct. 17, 2012, at 1:34 p.m.—she marked it in her diary.
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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.”
Barbara Tuchman’s ‘The Guns of August’ Is Still WWI’s Peerless Chronicle|James A. Warren|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In his new book, ‘OZ Diary,’ Zahm explores 10 years of his life and art.
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My memory is well stored, but unfortunately I have never kept a diary or commonplace book of any kind.
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Confiding these matters to his "Diary" and keeping his own opinion, Mr. Adams passed on to Philadelphia.
The Eve of the Revolution|Carl Becker
This was noticeable in many ways, among others his passion for keeping a diary.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
About the close of the seventies Tchaikovsky started a new diary, which he kept for about ten years.
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Things which he never had set down in his diary—things which he did not tell to any one save his few friends.
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British Dictionary definitions for diary

diary

/ (ˈdaɪərɪ) /

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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