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diary

diary

479 1.0
A book in which you write every day about what happened and how you feel
  • noun
  • /ˈdaɪəri/
translation icon : diario
  • I was even afraid to keep a diary because everyone would be looking over my shoulder.
  • diary entry
  • keep a diary
  • write in a diary

You know, it's not a video diary, right?

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Examples

  • She opened her diary to record the exciting events from her summer vacation.

  • I found a diary that he kept.

  • The idea is, when you write a diary, who do you write it for?

  • So keep a diary and share it when you come back.

  • The first step is to keep a diary of when you become emotional.

  • Hey, dear diary, it's one of those nights again.

  • Another year, a brand new diary.

  • For instance, students have been reading The Diary of Anne Frank for decades.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The first entry in this diary is dated January first of the new year.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Wow, Dad, you know, I think I wrote it down in my diary, but I must've forgot.

Synonyms

journal
vsdiary
272 2.6

A book you use to write personal thoughts and daily events

is the same idea but stresses writing every single day
written account
vsdiary
1 3.2

A paper that describes events so people can read about them later

focuses on private daily personal experiences rather than general factual records

Compounds

A person who writes in a diary regularly to record thoughts and events

How Personal

diary
479 1.0
notebook
187 1.0

Surface Forms

diary singular
diaries plural

Etymology

The word diary comes from the Latin word diarium, which comes from dies meaning 'day', and it is like the English word daily. So a diary is a book for your 'day', a place to write your daily thoughts and events.