# diary

Pronunciation: say "DY-uh-ree" /ˈdaɪ.ə.ɹi/

## Noun

1. A daily record of personal experiences and events, especially those of the person writing it.
   - Simple: A book where you write down what happens to you each day.
   - _He recorded his wartime experiences in a leather-bound diary._
   - _Historians often rely on personal diaries to reconstruct everyday life._
2. A book or organizer used to note appointments and plan upcoming days. *(British, Canada)*
   - Simple: A small book for writing down appointments and things you plan to do.
   - _I'll pencil the meeting into my diary for Thursday._
   - _Her diary was so full that she couldn't fit another client in._

## Verb

3. To record your daily experiences by keeping a journal or written log over time.
   - Simple: To write about your day in a notebook on a regular basis.
   - _He prefers to diary at night, capturing the day's events while they are still fresh._
   - _Many writers diary regularly to sharpen their powers of observation._

## Adjective

4. Lasting only for the span of a single day. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Continuing for only one day and no longer.
   - _The diary fever broke before the next sunrise, leaving the patient weak but alive._
   - _The festival's diary truce held only until the following morning._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–3** — From Latin diārium, meaning a daily allowance for soldiers (and in Late Latin also 'diary'), from diēs ('a day'), which also gave us 'journal'. It is related to Spanish diario ('daily; diary').
**Meaning 4** — From Latin diārius.

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