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 →

2) A diary is also a book or calendar where you write plans and appointments. tree →

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 →
• The diary has 120 pages. tree →
• How many days until the diary is full? tree →
• He bought 3 diaries. tree →
• Write a diary entry about your weekend. tree →
• I keep a diary with a lock. tree →
• We kept a diary of the bean plant's growth. tree →
• Anne Frank wrote a famous diary. tree →
• The General's lady kept a diary, and in this diary was recorded every ball she attended and every visit she received. tree →

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.
• A diary is a personal record of events and feelings, written in the first person.
• Diaries often use informal language and contractions such as I'm, can't and didn't.
• Clues like candles, horses and carts, or old-fashioned words can show a diary is from long ago.
• A feelings diary helps you notice what makes you happy or upset.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «diary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.