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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dahy-uh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaɪ ə ri

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Origin :
  • 1580s, from Latin diarium "daily allowance," later "a journal," neuter of diarius "daily," from dies "day" (see diurnal); also see -ary. Earliest sense was a daily record of events; sense of the book in which such are written is said to be first attested in Ben Jonson's "Volpone" (1605).
  • noun recounting of activities in writing
Example sentences :
  • From letters and diaries we get glimpses of the situation of the troops.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • They dubbed him Tommy, and confided their indignation to their diaries.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • You say your father did not make corrections, but one of the diaries is cut.
  • Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
  • His papers and diaries are in the archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
  • Extract from : « Old Fort Snelling » by Marcus L. Hansen
  • They appeared to be, and indeed were, diaries, but they were not Mr. Milburgh's diaries.
  • Extract from : « The Daffodil Mystery » by Edgar Wallace
  • I wish we had diaries of the lives of half the unknown men that have lived.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Edward FitzGerald » by Edward FitzGerald
  • Yes; in our '62 diaries, I fear we may all of us make some of the '61 entries.
  • Extract from : « Roundabout Papers » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • There are many allusions to him in the Diaries of Pepys and Evelyn.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Times of John Wilkins » by Patrick A. Wright-Henderson
  • Also that which he had learned first hand, and from the diaries of Marcel Brand.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Unaga » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • The Baron's Assistant has a word to say about the Diaries for this next year.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892 » by Various

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