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diary
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
diary
(noun)
diary
/
ˈ
dajəri/
noun
plural
diaries
diary
/
ˈ
dajəri/
noun
plural
diaries
Britannica Dictionary definition of DIARY
[
count
]
1
:
a book in which you write down your personal experiences and thoughts each day
His
diaries
[=
journals
] were published after his death.
She
kept a diary
[=wrote regularly in her diary] while she was traveling in Europe.
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