Definitions for journalˈdʒɜr nl

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

jour•nalˈdʒɜr nl(n.)

  1. a daily record, as of occurrences, experiences, or observations.

  2. a newspaper, esp. a daily one.

  3. a periodical or magazine, esp. one published for a group, learned society, or profession.

  4. a record, usu. daily, of the proceedings and transactions of a legislative body or an organization.

  5. (in double-entry bookkeeping) a book into which all transactions are entered before being posted into the ledger.

    Category: Business

  6. a log or logbook.

    Category: Nautical, Navy

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

    Category: Machinery

  8. (v.t.)to enter in a journal.

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Origin of journal:

1325–75; ME < OF journal daily (adj. and n.) < LL diurnālisdiurnal

Princeton's WordNet

  1. diary, journal(noun)

    a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

  2. journal(noun)

    a periodical dedicated to a particular subject

    "he reads the medical journals"

  3. daybook, journal(noun)

    a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred

  4. journal(noun)

    a record book as a physical object

  5. journal(noun)

    the part of the axle contained by a bearing

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. journal(noun)ʤˈɝnəl

    a regularly published magazine or newspaper on a particular subject

    the New England Journal of Medicine

  2. journalʤˈɝnəl

    an account of sth written as you do it

    the journals from his trip

Wiktionary

  1. journal(Noun)

    A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.

  2. journal(Noun)

    A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.

  3. journal(Noun)

    The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.

  4. journal(Noun)

    A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.

  5. journal(Verb)

    To archive or record something.

  6. journal(Verb)

    To scrapbook.

  7. journal(Adjective)

    Daily.

  8. Origin: From journal, from diurnalis, from diurnus, from dies. Cognate with diurnal.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Journal(adj)

    daily; diurnal

  2. Journal(adj)

    a diary; an account of daily transactions and events

  3. Journal(adj)

    a book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions

  4. Journal(adj)

    a daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc

  5. Journal(adj)

    the record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk

  6. Journal(adj)

    a newspaper published daily; by extension, a weekly newspaper or any periodical publication, giving an account of passing events, the proceedings and memoirs of societies, etc

  7. Journal(adj)

    that which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey

  8. Journal(adj)

    that portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box


Translations for journal

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

journal(noun)

a magazine or other regularly published paper (eg of a society)

the British Medical Journal.

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