diary
dia·ry (dī′ə rē)
noun pl. -·ries
- a daily written record, esp. of the writer's own experiences, thoughts, etc.
- a book for keeping such a record
Etymology: L diarium, daily allowance (of food or pay); hence, record of this < dies, day: see deity
Converse of object
- keep: Log books are diaries kept by the head teacher.
- write: Each week, our mayor writes a brief diary about his previous week.
Adjective modifier
- reflective: You will keep your own reflective diary; You will receive feedback from the Scheme Leader.
- unpublished: London Diaries Heather Creaton has now found details of 750 unpublished diaries with London history content.
- naval: On this whole episode see also naval staff war diary, September 5, 1944, and Speer's testimony at Nuremberg, Vol.
- daily: Here is his daily diary with all the news from the trip.
- online: Web logs - A relatively new feature like an online diary.
- weekly: Such activities may include filling in weekly web diaries and having photographs featured on wedding web pages.
Modifies a noun
- entry: On the 3rd February the diary entry reads " Siberian weather.
- excerpt: In addition to images, maps, and diary excerpts, you'll find biographical essays about the intrepid travelers.
- date: A separate diary date giving further details will be issued shortly.
- extract: Your diary extract is an integral part of ensuring that the financial return we submit to HEFCE is accurate.
Noun used with modifier
- homework: We encourage a genuine partnership between home and school through parents ' evenings, regular reports and homework diaries.
- home/school: It could, for example, be used initially to convey messages between school and home in place of the usual home/school diary.
- war: The war diaries of the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army on the Western Front are a unique account of the First World War.
- seizure: He looked at dad's EEG test results and the seizure diary.
- prayer: We want to encourage prayer triplets, prayer in small groups, using Ebe prayer diary, prayer ministry, etc.
- desk: Check that the photo call is in the picture desk diary at newspapers and the advance planning desk diary at TV studios.
Possessives
- grandfather: Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather's diaries and letters.
Preposition: of
- event: We also have a packed diary of events to keep you coming back all year round.
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.
When all is said and done, leading a good life is more important than keeping a good diary.
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged13.
The diary will really try and tell people who you are and what you were. The alternative is writing nothing, or creating a totally lifeless, as it is leafless, garden.
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