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DIARY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A personal journal (as a physical object)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("diary" is a kind of...):
journal (a record book as a physical object)
Derivation:
diarist (someone who keeps a diary or journal)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
Synonyms:
diary; journal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("diary" is a kind of...):
piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diary"):
blog; web log (a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies)
Derivation:
diarist (someone who keeps a diary or journal)
Context examples:
Study participants were asked to keep a food diary for seven days prior to taking part in the test.
(Researchers Discover Microplastics in 100 Percent of People Studied, VOA)
Put it down in your diary, my young friend, and send it to your rag.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The study used 1,500 adults, who kept a four-day food diary and were asked to note how many dairy products they consumed.
(Scientists Say Eating Cheese Can Help Weight Loss, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
But Julia keeps no diary in these days; never sings Affection's Dirge; eternally quarrels with the old Scotch Croesus, who is a sort of yellow bear with a tanned hide.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I keep my diary, and try to 'remember correctly and describe clearly all that I see and admire', as Father advised.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
EXAMPLE(S):Clinic visit during which a physical exam, a blood test, and a substance administration occur, Telephone contact during which temperature, blood pressure and adverse events are reported, Recording multiple observation results in a diary, A treatment strategy that consists of drug administrations with rules for modifying doses.
(Planned Subject Activity Group, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
"Oh," he replied with a smile, "I was only entering my diary."
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
My husband found and kept both diary and letters.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"You keep a diary of these events, and you expect eventually to publish it, Mr. Malone," said he, with solemnity.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Two hours she devoted to her diary; two to working by herself in the kitchen-garden; and one to the regulation of her accounts.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
