journal

UK /ˈd͡ʒɝnəl/ US /ˈd͡ʒɝnəl/

noun 7verb 3adj 1

Definitions

noun

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

A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.

The university's biology department subscribes to half a dozen academic journals.

A chronological record of payments or receipts.

A general journal.

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.

verb

To archive or record something.

To scrapbook.

adj

Daily.

[…]his faint ſteedes watred in Ocean deepe, / Whiles from their iournall labours they did reſt[…].

Collocations

(noun.) serious magazine

ADJ

academic, learned, scholarly

professional, technical, trade

house/in-house

The company publishes an in-house journal to share news with all employees.

non-specialist, specialist

research, reviewing

business, literary, medical, science/scientific

august, highly-ranked/high-ranking, leading, major, prestigious

She published her research in a prestigious journal read by scientists worldwide.

official

The university publishes an official journal where professors share their latest research findings.

international, national

monthly, quarterly, weekly

QUANT

copy

I picked up several copies of the medical journal at the conference.

edition, issue, volume

VERB + JOURNAL

read

edit, write for

She edits a monthly journal that focuses on environmental science and sustainability issues.

produce, publish

buy, get, subscribe to

My brother bought a travel journal to write down his daily adventures abroad.

JOURNAL + VERB

come out

That medical journal comes out monthly and many doctors subscribe to it.

JOURNAL + NOUN

article

editor

PREP

in a/the ~

She found an interesting article in a scientific journal about climate change last week.

~ of

She published her research findings in the Journal of Marine Biology last year.

(noun.) diary

ADJ

private

daily

VERB + JOURNAL

keep, write

My grandmother wrote a journal throughout her travels in Europe last summer.

read

JOURNAL + NOUN

entry

Today I read my grandmother's journal entry about the day she emigrated to America.

PREP

in a/the ~

She wrote down her thoughts and feelings in a journal every night before bed.

~ of

She kept a journal of her daily thoughts and feelings throughout the year.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and

diary

noun — a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they oc

daybook

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The university's biology department subscribes to half a dozen academic journals.

Wiktionary

[…]his faint ſteedes watred in Ocean deepe, / Whiles from their iournall labours they did reſt[…].

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Yet the whole extent of cultured country, or all the fields actually cultivated for the ſupport of the inhabitants, will hardly exceed two millions of journaux (or day’s work); above three millions li

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The extent of these “Métairies” varies according to the number of the family of the métayer, and the nature of the soil, from 65 journaux (52 statute acres) to 30 journaux (24 acres), for the métayer

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‘The surface of the downs, which form the landes of Bordeaux,’ says he, ‘being equal to 337,000 Bordeaux journaux, of 840 square toises, the amount required to fix the whole of these downs would be 8,

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In a harvester binder having a hollow shaft journalled at right angles to the main axle and driving motion from the main driving wheel, a spindle journalled within the hollow shaft and having the need

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, journal is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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