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# diary

«diary» in Mova's school dictionary: **a book where you write what happens each day and how you…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (diary, diaries)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A diary is a book where you write what happens each day and how you feel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diary/#m1)

2) A diary is also a book or calendar where you write plans and appointments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diary/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a book with pages written per day; a story word or pages counted (days = total pages ÷ pages per day); English: writing a diary entry, famous diaries from history; everyday life: a homework diary, a nature diary; science: a diary of a plant's growth

### examples

- She writes 2 pages in her diary every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diary/#x1)
- The diary has 120 pages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diary/#x2)
- How many days until the diary is full? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diary/#x3)
- He bought 3 diaries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diary/#x4)
- Write a diary entry about your weekend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diary/#x5)
- I keep a diary with a lock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diary/#x6)
- We kept a diary of the bean plant's growth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diary/#x7)
- Anne Frank wrote a famous diary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diary/#x8)
- The General's lady kept a diary, and in this diary was recorded every ball she attended and every visit she received. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diary/#x9)

### note

Often a rate (pages per day) and a total (pages in the diary): days = total ÷ rate. Trap: do not confuse diary with dairy (milk). Plural: diaries. US English also says «journal».

### In the corpora

- [A diary is personal and chatty: «Dear Diary, today was the WORST.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/12/)
- [A diary is a personal record of events and feelings, written in the first person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/24/)
- [Diaries often use informal language and contractions such as I'm, can't and didn't.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/25/)
- [Clues like candles, horses and carts, or old-fashioned words can show a diary is from long ago.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/26/)
- [A feelings diary helps you notice what makes you happy or upset.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/93-boredom-excitement-and-pride/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «diary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.