journal

[ jur-nl ]

/ ˈdʒɜr nl /

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noun

a daily record, as of occurrences, experiences, or observations: She kept a journal during her European trip.

a newspaper, especially a daily one.

a periodical or magazine, especially one published for a special group, learned society, or profession: the October issue of The English Journal.

a record, usually daily, of the proceedings and transactions of a legislative body, an organization, etc.

Bookkeeping.

a daybook.
(in the double-entry method) a book into which all transactions are entered from the daybook or blotter to facilitate posting into the ledger.

Nautical. a log or logbook.

Machinery. the portion of a shaft or axle contained by a plain bearing.

verb (used without object)

to write self-examining or reflective journal entries, especially in school or as part of psychotherapy: Students should journal as part of a portfolio assessment program.

Nearby words

jounce, jour., jourdan, jourdan, jean baptiste, journ., journal, journal box, journal bronze, journal intime, journalese, journalism

Origin of journal

1325–75; Middle English < Old French journal daily (adj. and noun) < Late Latin diurnālis diurnal

Related forms

jour·nal·ar·y, adjectivejour·nal·ish, adjective

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Examples from the Web for journal

The same Pediatrics journal notes that 17 states have some form of exception to the standard parental consent requirement.
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Later that morning I told him I was keeping a journal of our work together.
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One hostage died en route, the Journal reported, while the other died on the operating table.
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As he scribbled in his journal, “How to remain thin-skinned, vulnerable, and still alive?”
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He also is the editor of the journal, which seems to publish a lot of interesting if preliminary work.
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According to the Journal des Débats, the greatest part of these papers have never been printed.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851|Various
Hence arises a great variety of impressions and remarks which we accordingly find in this journal.
Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870|Various
It is not here, but in the pages of his Journal for ten years before, that we must search for the secret of d'Argenson's thought.
The Marquis D'Argenson: A Study in Criticism|Arthur Ogle
In it he placed a long "Extract from my journal," written with care in his beautiful handwriting and bound with a tiny ribbon.
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To those who hold this opinion, the system of reverberating praise from one journal to another, must be unknown.
The American Quarterly Review|Various

British Dictionary definitions for journal

journal

/ (ˈdʒɜːnəl) /

noun

a newspaper or periodical

a book in which a daily record of happenings, etc, is kept

an official record of the proceedings of a legislative body

accounting

Also called: Book of Original Entry one of several books in which transactions are initially recorded to facilitate subsequent entry in the ledger
another name for daybook

the part of a shaft or axle in contact with or enclosed by a bearing

a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle

Word Origin for journal

C14: from Old French: daily, from Latin diurnālis; see diurnal

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