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Diary

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCommon term

In office & administration, diary means: A book or digital calendar used to record appointments, meetings, reminders, and planned activities by date and time.

In Turkish: ajanda

How it is used

In office British English, diary often means a work calendar. People keep a diary, check someone’s diary, or enter meetings into the diary.

Example sentences

  1. Before promising a site visit, check Martin’s diary because he already has two client meetings that afternoon.

    Here, diary means Martin’s work calendar, which shows his scheduled commitments and helps avoid booking conflicts.

  2. I entered the interview times into the director’s diary and added reminders for the reception team.

    In this example, diary is the official schedule used to organise appointments and notify others involved.

Common collocations

  • check a diary
  • keep a diary
  • diary entry
  • diary clash
  • calendarA record of a person's or team's meetings, appointments and events, usually kept in software that colleagues can see and add meetings to.
  • appointmentAn arranged time to meet someone or visit a place, for example to see a client, a doctor or a manager.

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