journal

[ jur-nl ]

noun

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

   She kept a journal during her European trip.

2. a newspaper, especially a daily one.
3. a periodical or magazine, especially one published for a special group, learned society, or profession:

   the October issue of The English Journal.

4. a record, usually daily, of the proceedings and transactions of a legislative body, an organization, etc.
5. Bookkeeping.
   1. a daybook.
   2. (in the double-entry method) a book into which all transactions are entered from the daybook or blotter to facilitate posting into the ledger.
6. Nautical. a log or logbook.
7. Machinery. the portion of a shaft or axle contained by a plain bearing.

verb (used without object)

1. 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.

journal

/ ˈdʒɜːnəl /

noun

1. a newspaper or periodical
2. a book in which a daily record of happenings, etc, is kept
3. an official record of the proceedings of a legislative body
4. accounting
   1. Also calledBook of Original Entry one of several books in which transactions are initially recorded to facilitate subsequent entry in the ledger
   2. another name for daybook
5. the part of a shaft or axle in contact with or enclosed by a bearing
6. a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle

Other Words From

• journal·ary adjective
• journal·ish adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of journal¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Old French journal “daily,” from Late Latin diurnālis; diurnal

Word History and Origins

Origin of journal¹

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

Example Sentences

In the new study, published Wednesday in the journal Frontiers of Microbiology, researchers report how a specific type of bacteria on the International Space Station survived these harsh space elements for three whole years.

From Popular-Science

To determine who these people were, Justin Lehmiller, Kinsey Fellow and lead author of the original study in the journal Leisure Sciences, conducted a secondary analysis of the data.

From Nautilus

“The idea with those journals is if you can get one publication in one of those journals, it kind of makes your career,” says economist Zoe McLaren, an associate professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

From Quartz

Her typical year’s output might include a scholarly book, articles in learned journals, encyclopedia entries, and short pieces in Good Housekeeping and Redbook that spun anthropological findings into practical advice.

From Nautilus

The field was so underpopulated in those days, it didn’t even have its own journal.

From Quanta Magazine

The same Pediatrics journal notes that 17 states have some form of exception to the standard parental consent requirement.

From The Daily Beast

The trials produced positive results, published in The New England Journal of Medicine in November.

From The Daily Beast

John L. Smith is a columnist with the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

From The Daily Beast

Later that morning I told him I was keeping a journal of our work together.

From The Daily Beast

For James, wearing the shirt was “more of a shout-out to the family more than anything,” he told the Akron Beacon Journal.

From The Daily Beast

My mother now tells me that she knew of this mistake, an error of the New York paper in copying the item from a Southern journal.

From Project Gutenberg

"Lettres et journal pour monsieur," interrupted a waiter, entering with two letters and the Times.

From Project Gutenberg

I shall then give an account of my various excursions in an Appendix, and afterwards resume the thread of my journal.

From Project Gutenberg

"If slightly cut before cooking, potatoes slip out of their skins easily," says a home journal.

From Project Gutenberg

M. Roland had recently been traveling in Germany, and had written a copious journal of his tour.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• account
• almanac
• annals
• calendar
• daily
• diary
• gazette
• magazine
• memoir
• monthly
• newspaper
• note
• paper
• periodical
• publication
• review
• tabloid
• weekly