day book
- noun
- /deɪ bʊk/
- UK
:
libro de registro
- The sergeant made sure every incident was logged in the day book before his shift ended.
Examples
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Each morning, the chief inspected the day book to keep track of overnight arrests and activities.
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When reviewing last week's day book, the officers noticed a pattern in the reported burglaries.
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The officer wrote in the day book every evening.
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Can you check the day book for yesterday's incidents?
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Each morning, the chief inspected the day book to keep track of overnight arrests and activities.
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The sergeant made sure every incident was logged in the day book before his shift ended.
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When reviewing last week's day book, the officers noticed a pattern in the reported burglaries.
Synonyms
12
3.3
A book where people write regular records of journeys, events, or activities
8
7.4
A daily record kept by a police station listing arrests and incidents
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7.4
A daily record of arrests and other events at a police station
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is compositionally derived from 'day' (daily) + 'book' (a book/record), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to a book used for daily records of events. This is a common, cross-linguistic concept (diary/daybook/journal) even if the specific institutional use (police) is more specialized.
Etymology
The noun day book comes from the simple idea of keeping a book for each day at a police station, where staff wrote down arrests and incidents. That's why day book means 'a daily written record of events and activities', so police can quickly check what happened.