Definition: Meaning of, diary in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation:/ ˈdʌɪəri /
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a book in which you write down the things that happen to you each day [= journal]
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especially British English a book with separate spaces for each day of the year, in which you write down the meetings, events etc that are planned for each day [= calendar American English]
a novel by British writer Helen Fielding. The character Bridget Jones is a British woman in her 30s, who drinks wine, smokes a lot of cigarettes and writes about her troubles in her diary.
the DIARY (= book in which you write down your thoughts, experiences etc each day) written by Anne FRANK when she and her family were hiding from the NAZI s in Amsterdam during World War II. It was PUBLISH ed after her death in a CONCENTRATION CAMP, and it has been made into a play and film.
(1892) a humorous book by George and Weedon Grossmith. It is written in the form of a DIARY belonging to the main character, Mr POOTER, who describes his life during the early 1890s. Mr POOTER is a very ordinary man, who often gets into embarrassing social situations and makes himself look stupid.