What does DIARY mean?

Definitions for DIARY
ˈdaɪ ə ridi·a·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. diary, journalnoun

    a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

  2. diarynoun

    a personal journal (as a physical object)

Wiktionary

  1. diarynoun

    A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.

  2. diarynoun

    The method or media used to keep such experiences.

    They kept separate diaries. His was on paper and her diary was on her computer's hard drive.

  3. diarynoun

    A calendar or appointment book.

  4. diaryadjective

    Lasting for one day.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Diarynoun

    An account of the transactions, accidents, and observations of every day; a journal.

    Etymology: diarium, Latin.

    In sea-voyages, where there is nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men make diaries; but in land-travel, wherein so much is to be observed, they omit it. Francis Bacon, Essay 19.

    I go on in my intended diary. Tatler, №. 60.

Wikipedia

  1. Diary

    Diary is a song by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys from her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys. Written by Keys and Kerry Brothers, Jr. and produced by Keys, the song features the American group Tony! Toni! Toné!. It was released on June 29, 2004 as the album's third single. At one time, "Diary" had been released as a double A-side with "If I Ain't Got You"."Diary" was nominated for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 2005 Grammy Awards. The song peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Its Hani remixes topped the Hot Dance Club Play chart in late 2004.

ChatGPT

  1. diary

    A diary is a personal record or journal in which one documents their thoughts, feelings, experiences, observations, or activities on a daily basis, for self-reflection or future reference. Diaries can be used to keep track of personal growth or to create a personal narrative of one's life. They may be written on paper or in digital format.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Diarynoun

    a register of daily events or transactions; a daily record; a journal; a blank book dated for the record of daily memoranda; as, a diary of the weather; a physician's diary

  2. Diaryadjective

    lasting for one day; as, a diary fever

  3. Etymology: [L. diarium, fr. dies day. See Deity.]

Wikidata

  1. Diary

    "Diary" is a song by American recording artist Alicia Keys from her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys. Written by Keys and Kerry Brothers, Jr., the song features the American group Tony! Toni! Toné!, and was released on June 29, 2004 as the album's third single. It was nominated for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 2005 Grammy Awards. At one time, "Diary" had been released as a double A-side with "If I Ain't Got You". The song's Hani remixes gave Keys her first—and so far only—chart-topper on the Hot Dance Club Play in late 2004. It also peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Keys and Tony! Toni! Toné!, never sang the song live together, to date.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Diary

    dī′a-ri, n. a daily record: a journal.—adjs. Diā′rial, Diā′rian.—v.t. or v.i. Dī′arise.—n. Dī′arist, one who keeps a diary. [L. diarium.]

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. diary

    1. To see one's self as no one else cares to see us. 2. A book that describes the birth, effulgence and disappearance of pimples. 3. The lavatory of literature.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. DIARY

    An honest autobiography. A good keepsake, but a bad give-away.

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DIARY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4728

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DIARY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2888

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DIARY' in Nouns Frequency: #1550

Anagrams for DIARY »

  1. dairy

  2. yaird

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DIARY in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DIARY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of DIARY in a Sentence

  1. Priya Banerjee:

    Maybe the diary or other evidence can shed some light as to what happened.

  2. Ari Folman:

    I had to invent something new. I couldn’t do the diary as it was.

  3. Alec Baldwin:

    I said I would keep a little diary while I was traveling and working, we had our first day today, which is always tricky. I don't work as much as I used to, and I've said this before maybe, but you go to work, and you forget what you're supposed to do. I just was like, oh, God what do you do? What is acting or any of this nonsense that I've ended up doing?

  4. Eva Heyman:

    Yet, my little Diary, I don't want to die, I still want to live .. I would wait

  5. Dalton Wong:

    Book in all your exercise sessions in your diary like you would a work meeting, date night or special event. This one commitment is equally important as all other commitments.

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