DIARY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of diary in English diarynoun [ C ] uk /ˈdaɪə.ri/ us /ˈdaɪ.ə.ri/ Add to word list Add to word list a book in which you record your thoughts or feelings or what has happened each day: keep a diary While in hiding, Anne Frank kept a diary.   Suchart Doyemah/EyeEm/GettyImages A2 UK (US datebook) a book with a separate space or page for each day, in which you write down your future appointments, meetings, etc.: in your diary Don't forget to write the date of the appointment in your diary.enter sth in your diary He entered the date of the meeting in his diary.   Mark Weiss/The Image Bank/GettyImages

• The following is an extract from her diary.
• Hold on, I'll check in my diary.
• I've kept a diary for twelve years now.
• I've put the date of the party down in my diary.
• As his illness progressed, he made fewer entries in his diary.

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Schedules & agendas (Definition of diary from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

diary | American Dictionary

diarynoun [ C ] us /ˈdɑɪ·ə·ri, ˈdɑɪ·ri/ Add to word list Add to word list a person’s private record of events, thoughts, feelings, etc., that are written down every day, or a book where such things are recorded: That's my private diary - you shouldn't be reading it. We kept a food-and-exercise diary and measured the amount of food we ate. (Definition of diary from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

diary | Business English

diarynoun [ C ] uk /ˈdaɪəri/ us plural diaries Add to word list Add to word list WORKPLACE   UK ( US calendar) a book or piece of software with a space or page for each day, in which you record future arrangements, meetings, etc.: in sb's diary Is there anything in your diary for tomorrow afternoon? Please check the appointments diary before scheduling a meeting. She has a very full diary this week but she could see you next week. Our CEO is seeking a part-time diary secretary to help him manage his appointments efficiently. a record of what has happened during a period of time: It may help to keep a diary of problems you encounter. His diary entries for July describe the final stages of the project. (Definition of diary from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of diary

diary If one reads more closely and widely in the missionaries' diaries, reports, letters, notes, and books, one discovers a more complex and provocative reality. From the Cambridge English Corpus Much of this work has not arisen from the more formalized attempts at reflexivity such as the video recording and the electronic site diaries. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, teachers' diaries and interviews indicated that disruptive children, singled out as problematic by school staff, often did well with the method. From the Cambridge English Corpus I would say just carry on writing, diaries, letters, short stories, films - whatever. From the Cambridge English Corpus Of the diary utterances, one had been said before and 9 were novel. From the Cambridge English Corpus The total number of child utterances on tape and in the diary on the last day was 537. From the Cambridge English Corpus The examiner asked the caregiver about this and both agreed to add this item to the maternal diary. From the Cambridge English Corpus We used a high-density database consisting of 5 hours of recordings per week together with a maternal diary for the previous 6 weeks. From the Cambridge English Corpus In contrast, the diary is near-silent about certain personal matters. From the Cambridge English Corpus In the case of online diaries, publicizing the intimate meets two purposes, a social one and another, individual one. From the Cambridge English Corpus No evidence of the work's reception exists : in neither his extant letters nor his diary does he mention the book. From the Cambridge English Corpus In some cases, however, authorship is clear from evidence in diaries, letters, or annotations made on the newspaper. From the Cambridge English Corpus Only a scattered array of letters and diaries written by these women exist. From the Cambridge English Corpus A further problem here might be that no quantitative analyses were performed, the data mainly consisting of type utterances from the diary. From the Cambridge English Corpus Of these, 774 were included in the case-control study and for 646 a medical diary was completed. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of diary These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of diary?

Translations of diary

in Chinese (Traditional) 日記，日誌, 日程簿… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 日记，日志, 日程簿… See more in Spanish diario, agenda, diario [masculine]… See more in Portuguese diário, agenda, diário [masculine]… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian 日記, スケジュール帳, 日記（にっき）… See more randevu defteri, ajanda, günlük… See more journal [masculine] intime, agenda [masculine], journal… See more diari, agenda… See more dagboek, agenda… See more deník… See more dagbog… See more buku harian… See more สมุดบันทึก… See more nhật ký… See more terminarz, kalendarz, pamiętnik… See more dagbok… See more diari… See more das Tagebuch… See more dagbok [masculine], avtalebok [masculine], almanakk [masculine]… See more 일기, 다이어리… See more щоденник… See more diario, agenda… See more Need a translator?

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