datebook

noun

date·​book ˈdāt-ˌbu̇k How to pronounce datebook (audio)
plural datebooks
: a small book or calendar in which one writes planned or scheduled dates, appointments, etc.
Open my datebook to any day of the week and it's the same story: My daughter is running in a cross-country meet and my younger son is playing baseball.Joyce Maynard
also : a place on a computer or other device for entering similar information
… pull out your calendars or your digital datebook and mark Aug. 20 on your calendar because the MuckFest 5k is coming to town. Rachel Wittrock

Examples of datebook in a Sentence

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Or, for a schedule-obsessive, how about a beautiful 2025 datebook, like this one from Folio Editions ($23.50), or a horizontal Laurel Denise project planner ($50). Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024 The interrogations mostly come up empty, but when Danny finds Kira’s datebook, the detectives finally get a lead. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2024 That is historically the bane of coach Kyle Shanahan’s datebook (13-19 record, trumped only by an 0-2 mark in February). Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024 The iHeartRadio Music Festival, after 12 years as a staple event in Las Vegas’ datebook, took over the T-Mobile Arena Friday and Saturday with the top stars of music and podcasting, radio and streaming, canvassing both the audience, onstage and backstage. Melinda Sheckells, Variety, 26 Sep. 2022 Travel snapshots from Betye Saar’s datebook for her trip to Haiti, July 17-23, 1978. Catherine G. Wagley, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023 Like restaurants from another era, reservations were being jotted into a large datebook. Marc Bona, cleveland, 16 Jan. 2023 But that’s the only acting gig in Jacobson’s datebook. Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2021 But under the new partnership, JWS founder Jody Williams and creative director Nina Jenkins will oversee Gill's writing datebook, focused on both the appropriate volume and the right co-writers for Gill's talents and goals. Tom Roland, Billboard, 29 June 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of datebook was in 1884

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“Datebook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/datebook. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.

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